Posted on 10/11/2006 9:31:18 AM PDT by Risha
Inmates must have soft spot for our Patrick
By Howie Carr Boston Herald Columnist
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - Updated: 12:06 AM EST
Talk about micromanaging. When Deval Patrick was working for Bill Clinton, he busied himself with prison issues that - well, before we go any further, let me warn you that this is an R-rated column this morning, or at least the next few paragraphs are.
If you don’t want to read Deval’s thoughts on the constitutional rights of prisoners to - how shall I put this? - pleasure themselves in front of female psychologists, go no further. Please.
OK, now that the Legion of Decency has checked out, let’s begin again. It’s May Day 1996, and Deval Patrick is writing a 13-page letter to the Democratic governor of Maryland, Paris Glendenning. Deval is threatening to sue the state of Maryland (of which Ted Kennedy’s niece, Kathleen Townsend Kennedy, was then lieutenant governor). The issue was Maryland’s then-new “Supermax” prison, home to 105 murderers (like Mr. Songer) and 19 rapists (like Mr. LaGuer).
The problem? As Deval put it, “Certain conditions at Supermax violate the constitutional rights of the inmates.”
Let’s go straight to Page 7, where Deval addresses the subject of mental health care. One of his complaints: that Supermax “fails to provide confidential psychological evaluations.”
Key word: confidential. And why are the prisoners no longer allowed to meet the (female) prison psychologist one-on-one?
Here’s a quote from our next governor:
“Because some inmates have masturbated in the presence of Supermax’s female pyschologist during evaluations, all evaluations are now done in the presence of correctional officers.”
And what exactly is wrong with that, Deval?
“It is inappropriate to generalize this specific remedy to all inmates requiring mental health intervention.”
Inappropriate to have a guard there in the room to stop the inmates from, well, you know? So what exactly do those “minimum constitutional standards” of yours require, Deval? One free, well, you know, in front of the woman? Is this what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they gathered in Philadelphia to draw up the Bill of Rights?
Which amendment covers a murderer’s right to pleasure himself unimpeded in front of an innocent female?
The faint of heart can rejoin us now. Deval is also a restaurant critic. The Supermax food comes from across the street, see, and “as a result, food is served lukewarm or cold.”
Lukewarm food? Kind of like when you or I bring dinner home from a drive-through. Only when it’s a rapist or murderer getting “lukewarm” food, Deval thinks that, too, is unconstitutional.
“Food must be served at temperatures that conform to accepted health standards.”
Deval also demanded that Supermax’s “pink room” for isolation be shut down.
“The pink room was an unheated strip cell . . . made of concrete and contained no furniture or mattress.”
Oh, the horror.
Then there’s the problem of not enough time outside in the prison yard. Some of the inmates complained about this terrible lack of fresh air, which the warden imposed to prevent the thugs from killing one another.
But because of this terrible unconstitutional violation of what Deval likes to call “evolving standards,” the clients - I mean, rapists and murderers - could not control themselves.
“Incidents of inmates throwing feces at staff,” Deval wrote the grossed-out governor, “increased substantially when the outdoor yards were closed.”
But of course it’s not the inmates’ fault. It’s the unconstitutional attempt of the state to preserve order.
This is our next governor.
Do we know if Willie Horton ever did any time in Supermax?
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Good to see "Free em all Deval" isn't getting a free pass.Even the Socialist Fishwrap(Boston Globe) has had some less than flattering articles lately.God help us if Patrick wins.
Deval's huge lead will be gone.
He must not be elected here in Mass. I shudder to think what could happen if he is elected. Kerry Healy really needs to keep the pressure on and press him on his views and on his record of past actions. He has a tendency to just spout soundbites and avoid giving actual answers.
Next debate Christy Mihos has to get all over Patrick instead of Muffy Healey.
Mihos is a tool. I wish he would get all over Deval but it's personal with Mihos. Anything to attack Healey who he blames for his firing from Massport.
Why is there NO picture EVER of Deval's wife?
Why is Deval's wife NEVER asked how she feels
about his trying to free rapists and murderers?
Something is very strange, indeed.
'Course I could be wrong.
Mihos is pulling a Ross Perot.
but Christy won't, the other day on WRKO radio Howie was playing clips of Christy saying that he would vote for Deval if he didn't vote for himself. He is only there as a spoiler.
He has some great ideas [sarc]:
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