THE ENCROACHING GOOSE-STEPS OF JUSTICE: THE INTESTINEIZER IS HERE!
Just when you began to believe that they couldn't find any new ways to degrade and demean liuman life any further, or that they couldn't find any new ways to terrorize and subjugate its already craven prison population, they have done precisely that. The BOP's latest incredible and despicable pronouncement on controlling its prisoners should send shock waves of terror through anyone who still believes in human dignity - and justice - and sanity. The Bureau of Prison "Program Statement" No. 5558.10, dated September 30, 1994, is an edict that would have made Adolph Hitler salivate with excitement; it is an edict that finds its origins in, and is strongly reminiscent of, the Russian gulags; it is an edict of depravity that has been dredged up from hell. Pathetically, it is also an American edict that has been artfully camouflaged behind seven pages of legal mumbo-jumbo to cover up its sinister intent and twisted purpose: total mind control over heavily guarded prisoners, as determined by the principled and benevolent hacks who have been authorized to push the button of horror at any whim.
Edict No. 5558.10 authorizes the BOP to force "maximum custody inmates" (at least for starters) to wear what it euphemistically describes as a "Remote Electronically Activated Technology (R-E-A-C-T) Stun Belt" as a custody control belt to be used within the Bureau of Prisons. Edict No. 5558.10 goes on to state that the use of this Stun Belt "does not preclude . . . the use of deadly force" which remains under the "discretion" of the Officer in Charge (OIC). To fully understand at least some of the horrors of this Stun Belt, it is necessary to read the revealing Attachment B to Edict 5558.10- which is called an "Inmate Notification of Custody Control Belt Use." That little one-page document says it all.
Theoretically, this is a document that inmates will be asked to sign before the Stun Belt is installed on their persons- although we find it hard to believe that anyone in his right mind would ever sign this content form - no matter what rewards are offered, and no matter what punishments are threatened. Regardless, Attachment B to Edit 5558.10 is a warning that if you wear the Stun Belt, and some hack pushes the button (by mistake or otherwise):
a) you will immediately be immobilized and fall to the ground;
b) you will probably defecate in your pants; and
c) you will probably urinate in your pants.
Attachment B does not describe any other possible side effects from being shot with a bolt of 50,000 volts of electricity - such as heart attacks, permanent twitching, loss of memory, puking, and God knows what else!~ Attachment B does explain that your hack can push the botton if you fail to comply with a verbal order to halt any "movement of your person"; or if there is any "loss of visual contact by the OIC"; or if you "tamper" with the Stun Belt. And quite naturally, Attachment B to Edict 5558.10 does not explain how the trustworthy hacks will be able to pinpoint which inmate is the offender if he (or she) happens to be in a crowd of inmates all of whom happen to be wearing the Stun Belt.
Yes, this is Amerika - in the 20th Century - where new technology now permits creative new ways to crush dissent. Shit, it ain't cruel and unusual punishment; that concept no longer applies to the BOP! But do we all have to become Pavlov's dogs?
This, and part of another article was printed in THE MATCH, Winter 1997-1998, pg. 101.
P.S. 5558.10
September 30, 1994
Attachment B, Page 1
INMATE NOTIFICATION OF CUSTODY CONTROL BELT USE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
You are hereby advised that you are being required to wear an electronic restraint belt.
This belt discharges 50,000 volts of electricity. By means of a remote ransmitter, an attending officer has the ability to activate the stun package attached to the belt, thereby causing the following results to take place:
1. Immobilization causing you to fall to the ground.
2. Possibility of self-defecation.
3. Possibility of self-urination.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OFFICER DIRECTIONS COULD LEAD TO ANY OF THE ABOVE
The belt could be activated under the following actions on your behalf and notification is hereby made:
A. Any tampering with the belt.
B. Failure to comply with staff's verbal order to halt movement of your person.
C. Any attempt to escape custody.
D. Any attempt to inflict serious bodily harm on another person.
E. Any loss of visual contact by the Officer in Charge.
I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE BEING ADVISED OF SAME.
INMATE NAME ___________________________________________________
ESCORTING OFFICER______________________________________________
INMATE'S REG. NO.______________________________________________
OFFICER'S SIGNATURE____________________________________________
INMATE'S SIGNATURE DATE________________________________________
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