| Behavioral Modification Unit – BMU – Black Man’s Unit |
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| by Edward Thomas | |
| Wednesday, 25 July 2007 | |
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I am enslaved at the High Desert State Prison plantation and have been illegally placed in a restrictive, unauthorized and unapproved disciplinary pilot program called the Behavioral Modification Unit – BMU – Black Man’s Unit, the white officers call it, because it’s 98 percent Black prisoners. I’ve been placed back here illegally due to attempting to sue Warden Tom Felker and officers under his supervision for jumping on me during a medical emergency. I am disabled, with documented back injuries and leg injuries that I suffered when I was forced to walk without my mobility assistive devices. My orthopedic walker, back brace, knee braces and shower chair that I had to pay close to $750 for have been confiscated from me without my ever having been physically examined by any doctor or anyone in the medical field. I was transferred to this prison illegally on Feb. 5 after my appeal against the transfer never got processed. If you can publish my story, possibly a lawyer will assist me in my struggle against these devils at this prison when people read how they are treating me and other prisoners. I have a lawsuit against Salinas Valley State Prison and their officers that also assaulted me and partially paralyzed the left side of my lower body, making me mobility impaired. I have a lot to expose about what’s been transpiring behind these walls – the mistreatment I’ve been subjected to and that all the Black prisoners who have been placed in this Behavioral Modification Unit have been subjected to. We have no outlet to file complaints with. The administrative appeals we do file are being destroyed and we’re being disciplined for filing them. I cannot walk, and I’m forced to be confined in a cell 24 hours a day – no exercise, no outside yard or sunshine, no showers, only bird baths in my sink. If you come to interview me, I would need a wheelchair or my walker to get to the interview, but I would not ever refuse to come out my cell. That is what the officers have been alleging when I have appointments like medical and law library. So if they say this to you, don’t believe it because it’s not true. Write to Edward at Edward Thomas, P-64423, D5-109 BMU, P.O. Box 3030, Susanville CA 96127. |
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