| The following 6 pages were written by Outlaw Man while enduring torture in a US Prison. But his name is really not important. The fact is, this could be anyone--someone you may even know and love. This is the type of treatment of US Prisoners that has become the norm in our present prison system. This is a little known fact, though Prisoner's Rights Activists fight hard to expose the nature of what we are told is "Getting Tough on Crime". Prison Gang Units are supposed to be the answer to ending gang activity. Read this journal and judge for yourself. Outlaw Man is a warm hearted, peace loving man and has been a model prisoner, with the exception of one fight in 15 years. Pretty commedable for being in a maximum security prison. How do prisons reward such individuals? They don't. Instead, innocent men such as Outlaw Man are placed in confinement and tortured for long periods of time. You see, the Department of Corrections (or Department of Corruptions, as Outlaw Man so fondly calls it) does not care for Prisoners who ride bikes. They have labelled all Bikers as "gang members", and a threat to security. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Unlike some groups who continue fighting among themselves even in prison, Bikers usually unite as a support system for one another. They have a reputation for promoting peace among themselves and others. But instead of using this as an incentive for violent groups, prison officials choose to punish these men (and women) in a manner that most citizens would find unbelievable if they would just pay attention to what is really going on. Bikers in prison are required to denounce their association with their Brothers. Failure to do so results in being placed in an isolated gang unit. They are then tortured through various means, including starvation, and then coerced to sign a paper saying they denounce their brothers. The paper states that this prisoner is not under duress when they sign it. So what is their definition of duress??? If they do not sign the paper, they will be tortured until they die. If that is not duress, I have no clue as to the meaning of the word. They all sign this paper, but consider it just that. A piece of paper, nothing more than a joke. None of them will ever denounce their Brothers. Prison officials see the program is a success due to all the "gang members" that sign this piece of paper. They feel they have solved the problem of gang activity in prisons. Then again, consider the fact that these Bikers are not a "gang", but a peace-promoting group. Why would a prison system want to eliminate this? Why not use them to help other groups see the ways of peace? And even if this were not the case, how can they justify the torture of US Prisoners because of who they are, not what they did? Is it not amazing that one does not see child killers abused in this way? Outlaw Man fought hard to keep from falling victim to the torturous treatment Prisoners endure under the inhumane conditions in this unit. For more details of these conditions, please refer to The Truth About Control Units and The Prison System: The American Way or Crimes Against Humanity? These conditions can cause any human mind to stop functioning in reality. There is a large rate of psychosis and insanity caused by housing Prisoners for long periods of time in isolation. He tried to maintain a decent degree of peace of mind. This is not easy when one has to constantly hear the continued sounds of other prisoners who have reached the end of their ropes of reality and lose their minds. In one cell next to him he heard one man screaming for days on end and at the same time beating himself up. In the cell on the other side the Prisoner had resorted to constantly smearing his walls with his own excrement. Add to that the fact that there is not sufficient food given to these men. And a good night's rest is hard to come by. And if this is not bad enough, for one solid month they withheld my daily letters to him. He was not told that my letters were just not being given to him. It was a deliberate attempt to allow feelings of abandonment to ferment. Also, consider the fact that when Outlaw Man arrived in this unit, most of the money on his books somehow just "disappeared", and remained unfound until he was returned to general population. A relative then sent a money order, and that disappeared as well. So he was unable to purchase paper, envelopes, stamps, and snacks from the commissary as well as personal items for a long time until he was able to get a few dollars on his books. These items are not just supplied to Prisoners there. And they cannot receive these from outside sources. And one final and very important point is the fact that a brand new bottle of ibuprofen (for his arthritis) and a brand new bottle of vitamins he had just purchased before arriving at this unit were confiscated and he would not be able to purchase more for months. Also confiscated was his towel because it was not white. He was not given a pillow or blanket. His letters to me were frequent. I knew he was strong in spirit, but even so it was unnerving to wonder just how much more he could take. One thing he had going for him was the fact that his training in the military taught him to ward off such mind control tactics. I suggested he begin a journal and keep track of the BS he was enduring and to write down what food he was given. For the first month he began writing, he mainly kept track of the "menu". I will be condensing this as it is quite extensive. After this there is a noticable change in his writing. He begins to philosophize his thoughts in an effort to maintain his sanity. It becomes apparent that he is under tremendous stress as some of his words begin to show a little confusion at times, no doubt due to starvation. But he did not give up. He remained on this second "tour" for almost another year and was finally released back into general population where he has resumed his vigilant battle for justice in an unjust system. Click below to view this journal.... "Kennel Philosophy" Outlaw Man's Journal in Isolation click here |