Showing posts with label prisonindustrialcomplex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prisonindustrialcomplex. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Lead Poisoning Is Prison Profiteering

Feeding Americans lead is a way for the prison industrial complex to guarantee its continued income. Over half the prisoners in the USA are mentally ill people -- 1.25 million inmates. Lead causes mental illness. Many states, and not Michigan only, are poisoning the citizenry with lead. Last week, I posted the link to an article from "Mother Jones" that had a map of the USA denoting the states that had elevated lead levels. That post is MISSING from among my Facebook posts now. I wrote to "Mother Jones" and requested a link and/or the title of the article. Georgia, my state, is one of the states with elevated lead levels, according to the "Mother Jones" article.

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill follows three young men in Georgia who suffered from severe lead poisoning as children. Their mother, Ms. Goolsby, reports that her sons may have eaten lead paint in her mother's home. While the boys were little, the government was helpful regarding their mental illness, which resulted from their lead poisoning. Ms. Goolsby received social security benefits for their disabilities, and they attended special classes. As soon as they reached their teens, Ms. Goolsby's sons were each arrested for alleged inappropriate conduct. They have been jailed numerous times since, and two are currently imprisoned.

Lead poisoning in the USA is likely deliberate in order to promote increased mental disabilities among the populace, thereby guaranteeing the posterity of the prison industrial complex. Be mindful that officials who own prison stocks are not criminally charged for their conflicts of interest, and the same officials make decisions about water services, etc. It is up to the People to demand that prison investors DIVEST OR RESIGN. Mother Jones offers an article that shows the correlation between lead and crime. Please see "America's Real Criminal Element: Lead" —By Kevin Drum. Excerpt:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline
"New research finds lead is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing." See, also "Divest or Resign" at http://DivestorResign.blogspot.com 

Thanks for reading and sharing my articles and social media posts. If you happened to have read or shared the Mother Jones article with the map showing at least nine states in addition to Michigan that have serious lead problems, please contact me at (678)531.0262. To learn more about Ms. Goolsby's sons, see 

Unscrupulous decision makers who are prison investors might deliberately pollute American children's water supply to guarantee prisoners for the future benefit of prison companies and companies that service prisons and prisoners.
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It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog in deadly restraint for control. That happens to mentally ill people routinely in the nation's correctional facilities. What happened to Larry Neal? Why are we still asking that question after nearly 12 years? Cover-ups regarding the wrongful deaths of mentally challenged inmates and free people in the USA are common and vile.

Mentally Ill People Deserve Dog Justice!
Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally. 
(1) Support the H.R. 2646 "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act." The U.S. congressional bill provides for crisis intervention team (CIT) training for police and corrections officers, assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) programs (subsistence assistance plus mandated treatment) to stop recidivism, resumption of Medicaid insurance for certain facilities, and other needed changes. Support "AIMI vs. USA" to compensate mentally ill people and their families for health discrimination. 
(2) Support Bernie Sanders' bill H.R.3543 to end contracts with private prison companies. 
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Damion Hayes: Life Sentence for Mental Illness

OCCUPY the U.S. Congress. Ask representatives to pass H.R.3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (a handy link is provided below). You do not have to have a mentally ill loved one to care. Families in Santa Barbara did not think mental illness was their problem, either, but it was. Condolences to grieving families, and may victims of assault have a speedy recovery.  http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill Blogtalkradio show featured Fred Hayes, father of mentally ill inmate, Damion Hayes, Wednesday, June 4, at 9pm Pacific. 

 Mr. Hayes said, "My son shouldn't be in the Florida prison where he has been for 14 years for an assault committed while having a mental health crisis. I will NOT give up the fight for his freedom and treatment. I stand not for Damion only but for all mentally ill inmates in America." 
PETITION: Save Florida Inmate Damion Hayes from SHU 

Hear the taped radio show at the link below. We were joined by Ms. Lillian Eaglefeather, who is the mother of Paul, another a mentally ill American. Each Wednesday night in June, please call (818)572.2947 to speak to Mr. Hayes and other guests. Ask questions or comment on this father's mission to help save his son and other mentally ill Americans. 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1/2014/06/05/assistance-to-the-incarcerated-mentally-ill 

Family portrait of Damion (left) with his family

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hayes are the parents of two sons. The oldest grew up to become a law enforcement officer with the Sheriff's Department. Damion, their youngest, developed schizophrenia as a teen. The Hayes family grew alarmed at Damion's violent outbursts, when he would punch holes in their walls with his fists and talk to himself. Before Damion's mental health crisis resulted in an assault on a neighbor, Mr. Hayes took Damion to a mental health center for evaluation and treatment. Damion was kept for two days only, and he was released to his father without any appointment for additional psychiatric treatment and with no prescriptions for psychiatric medication. Not long after that, Damion apparently attacked a middle age neighbor, a woman who was a friend of the family. She was gardening in her yard when the assault happened. The attack was not prompted by any feelings of discord, and it occurred without any discussion between the woman and Damion.

Damion was arrested, tried, and sentenced to LIFE imprisonment. This mentally ill youth was hospitalized for two years to get him "trial ready," then sentenced and imprisoned in a Florida correctional facility. Damion's former cellmate wrote to Mr. Hayes numerous times and told him that his son would talk to himself in the cell at night and have long arguments and even physical confrontations with imaginary enemies. Damion is obviously mentally ill and should be transferred from the prison to which he was overly sentenced for an assault that resulted in no life threatening injuries for his neighbor. Damion should be relocated to a mental hospital and stabilized. Upon release from the hospital, Damion should be placed in an assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) program for his subsistence needs and continuous psychiatric treatment. 

AOT program participants in New York experienced an 85 percent or greater reduction in homelessness, hospitalizations, arrests, and incarceration as compared to their rates three years before entering the Kendra's Law program. AOT programs costs substantially less than incarceration, and community safety is greatly enhanced, as revealed by the reduction in arrests and incarceration among program participants. H.R.3717 has a provision for pilot AOT programs, which have already been certified by the United States Department of Justice.

Damion's arrest photo and information from the Florida DOC

Damion's life was full of promise as a youngster. He is from a middle class Christian family. His father worked in a middle management position until retirement. His mother retired as a civil servant. Damion has a good support base to help him resume wholesome living. He deserves psychiatric treatment, not prison. There are no throwaway people. Damion was wrongly sentenced to life in prison for an assault that (a) resulted from mental illness and (b) caused no catastrophic injuries. Damion's family were amazed when the defense attorney who had charged them $20,000 stood at the end of the prosecutor's case and merely said, "The defense rests." Florida taxpayers were sentenced right along with Damion. Incarcerating this young man indefinitely would cost the State millions of dollars unnecessarily, because many people with schizophrenia respond well to treatment and are able to resume normal lives. Damion's case is being appealed. 

PETITION: Save Florida Inmate Damion Hayes from SHU 

Damion Hayes, age 7

Mary Neal, director
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
Dog Justice for Mentally Ill

Repeat of paragraph 1: OCCUPY the U.S. Congress. Ask representatives to pass H.R.3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (a handy link is provided below). You do not have to have a mentally ill loved one to care. Families in Santa Barbara did not think mental illness was their problem, either, but it was. Condolences to grieving families, and may victims of assault have a speedy recovery.
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

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It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog in deadly restraint for control. But this happens to mentally ill Americans routinely in the nation's jails and prisons. What happened to Larry Neal?
Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally.
Advocate for U.S. Congress to pass H.R.3717 - Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act.
Try to elect people who promote human rights and justice for all, not prison profits.
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