Comments on: It’s time to expose the sexual abuse of inmates by prison employees: Reports from Angola and Ely

By: Sheik

Sheik — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:39:44 +0000

No Fuck you to the piece of shit that sent that evil comment to Asiactic people. Second I dont believe you MidKiff! You are a liar I can feel it all thru my bones. The karma of your actions will activate the retribution duly yours. I have no doubt about that. May that karma also extend and touch every family member you have including your born and unborn children.

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:41:56 +0000

This is what the Americans are. They keep talking of their values but their real acts are the ones seen
at Abu Gharib, Belgam and other places of torture.
Shame on you America.

By: VISITOR

VISITOR — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:39:25 +0000

RAPE IN PRISON = TRUE BUT NOT IN EVERY PLACE. THIS STORY COULD BE TRUE :D

By: FUCK YOU NIGGERS

FUCK YOU NIGGERS — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:40:35 +0000

FUCKING NIGGERS!

By: mee

mee — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:50:26 +0000

LEAS (Law Enforcement Agents) often do cruel things since they are to some degree mentally ill. They intentionally choose jobs where they are usually protected by other offenders or associates and get away with violating human rights regularly. I can not tell if what is written here is true but, it is likely true and deserves a very intense investigation.

By: angola visitor

angola visitor — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:32:47 +0000

You are missing the whole point as you are speaking just like the incarcerated population that you are supposed to be helping! And I have every right to comment on this forum as you do. Sorry, you own mouth is condemning you as your speech towards me is abusive. Is that how you spoke to the inmates? Shame on you! I hope any one that speaks that way gets fired and quick. God help you because obviously you are not getting the point.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:26:30 +0000

Angola Visitor,
You have clearly never had false accusations thrown upon you so shut the FUCK up!!

By: Angola Visitor

Angola Visitor — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:23:20 +0000

Sorry, I meant should NOT lower yourself to their (inmates) form of speech! Shame on you! Very unprofessional!

By: Angola Visitor

Angola Visitor — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:19:58 +0000

Mr. Midkiff, you would seem a lot more credible if you didn't use inappropriate, unnecessary language. You should be a whole lot more professional in your speech. We are all only human, but you should know enough about your field and the patients/inmates that you deal with to lower yourself to their form of speech. As an inmate that I used to visit in CCR in Angola told me, we need to be their role models of decent behavior because maybe they didn't have so many on the outside. Speaking like that you discredit yourself and should be fired just for an ourburst like that not to speak of any alleged sexual abuses! Working with an incarcerated population is not easy on any human being but someone has got to do it, because most (but not all) of those inmates should not be out on the street because they are predators with little or no conscious and extreme narcisissim.

By: andre d

andre d — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:55:19 +0000

as a class project, we were required to watch “after innocence” a documentary about people wrongfully accused in prison and the brutality that occurs on a regular basis. For those of you who think prison rape is fictional, watch the documentary.

By: Barbara Joy Hansen

Barbara Joy Hansen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:13:16 +0000

Incest shut my voice down from age 2-8 with my grandfahter. Clergy sex abuse at age 11-12 further shoved me in darkness until I exposed the lies & abuse in my book, Listen to the Cry of the Child. I now give back to victim & perpatrators speaking at domestic violence & prison conferences. We need to tell our stories so that others can come into the light.

By: Barbara Joy Hansen

Barbara Joy Hansen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:10:45 +0000

I was violated by my grandfather with incest from age 2-8 & further abused sexually by a clergy. Exposing the sin done against me has helped me put the shame back on the perpatrator. Writing my book, Listen to the Cry of the Child has helped me heal & grieve my losses. I now speak at domestic violence & prison conferences including going to sex offenders in prisons giving them hope as well.

By: FatNSassy

FatNSassy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:20:56 +0000

I agree that sexual abuse of prisoners must stop. No one should be deprived of their basic human rights. The accusations in the following article are another example of exploitation, abuse of strip searches. While they may have to be performed, they should never be in the form of a spectacle. Neither is there an excuse for inappropriate comments. If a doctor made such a comment during an exam they would be up before a review board. Of course all actions in the following link are allegations only, but I have heard this type of thing happening many times from many different sources. It is time they be taken seriously!
http://tinyurl.com/y86ajgg
(Scroll down to “Butt Naked With the Sheridan Cowboys”)

By: Gary Midkiff

Gary Midkiff — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:08:38 +0000

The supposed DNA evidence that this inmate claimed that he obtained from me 100% EXCLUDED me from these accussations. Criminal charges may be filed against this inmate for making false accussations. This inmate’s name is Kermit Parker and he is one of the most vile repulsive people anyone would ever have the misfortune of encountering. Kenny Whitmore is a FUCKING IDIOT who clearly needs to spend the rest of his life behind bars for spouting the BS that he does.

By: michelle combs

michelle combs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:10:24 +0000

prison rape is very much so true… it’s a shame that it is.. MEYVOO… i think your totally wrong yeah they did some sick things to get into jail but nobody deserves to be raped or killed.. officers are suppose to do their job and there job does not inculde beating or raping imates… my father is in jail not for nothing sick or twisted.. but an officer helped mEn in there beat my father… tried to kill him… cut his ankles so he counldnt walk and everything so for you to say that you have no sympanthy and now they know how it feel… your straight up WRONG!!!!!!! YOU DONT KNOW NOTHING!!!

By: Meyvoo

Meyvoo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:26:20 +0000

I’m just curious what kind of stories the victims of the inmates would tell if they were still alive to tell their story? I have absolutely NO sympanthy for this people. Think about all the people these inmates have raped and/or killed? Well now they know how it feels!!!

The only thing I don’t understands is. Why would guards who are free to go have all the clean sex in the free world that they want, risk their health by engaging in sex acts with inmates who probably have terrible hygene. That in itself just does not makes sense to me.

By: Gary Midkiff

Gary Midkiff — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:09:23 +0000

I’m the social worker that worked at Angola that has had the accussations directed at me. I worked for eight years in a job that the majority of the people in my field would not even consider working. I treated coworkers, security staff, and the inmate population with the the upmost professional respect. I have never worked witht the mentality that inmates are always liars and cannot be trusted. Reading this article, I could understand that some people might believe there is some validiaty to these accussations. What is omitted in this article is that I have complied and answered any questions regarding my conduct at work. I have never been sanctioned or disciplined due to any type of inappropriate behavior, because these accussations have no merit. Additionally, do you really believe that security staff at a prison is going to beat an inmate based on nothing more than the word of a social worker – that doesn’t happen. Violence in prisons do occur, but not due to a mental health worker complaining about an inmate. The newspaper article also does not mention that this supposed incident occured in a cellblock area while the inmate was in his cell. How is someone going to be raped when they are in a cell with bars between them and the person that they are accusing of attacking them. Additionally, the inmate waited 4 months to make his claim. Anyone who is familiar with Angola, would tell you that this cop killing inmate that has lived the majority of his prison sentence in extended lockdown is without a doubt the most manipulative inmate in the Louisiana DOC. He has a lengthy history of being sexually aggressive with female staff and routinely makes false accussations of various natures. Many of the comments on this site seem eager to judge and take a stand on an extremely complex situation that is condensed to a few action getting paragraphs. One should not be so quick to judge someone based solely on an newspaper article.

By: ANON

ANON — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:21:54 +0000

I hope that man in the second story the one in Nevada has actual evidence. I hope he gets paroled if he was not murder or rapist. Decriminalize Marijuana but not legalize.
Usually is in mens prison’s it prison on prioner rape. Less male prison guard raping male prisoners(unless its Central and South American prisons).
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By: LWO

LWO — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:43:36 +0000

I would like to say that my name is not Linda MaFarlane, I was using her as a source of my quotes to the above. I am sorry if that confuses anyone. I help run a site called http://www.makethewallstransparent.org.

By: LWO

LWO — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:52:42 +0000

Yes Tim we do actually believe this is true. First of all, where does it say that the Warden was involved, it says that he knows about it and does nothing about it. Second of all did you know that about half of all sexual assaults are committed by staff within the prison? Why not check out the link to the Department of Justice on this issue which I will attach for you…

http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/abstract/svsfpri07.htm

This is a real problem and just because you think that it so out there it couldn’t happens make you just as bad a people within the system that know that it’s happening and choose not to do anything about it but sweep it under the rug.

The only thing I see that is flawed and biased is your inability to read something with an opened mind and think, maybe this could happen in this country. Just Detention International is a organization that deals with this type of thing on a daily basis and instead of something being a fantasy, you should go read some of the information on their site.

As for the social worker that was arrested for sexual assault, it didn’t happen as soon as the assault took place, it took a lot of investigation to get him where he needs to be today, maybe even a year or more.

Also you are wrong about rape being mostly inmate on inmate and shows your lack of education on the subject. It also doesn’t go down race lines at all. Another misconception you have. I am not saying that inmate on inmate doesn’t happen but it more likely going to be from a staff member than the latter. It also has nothing to do with race of the victim.

It’s not the TV, movies, anything like that, that justifies it, it’s people like you that think when someone has the nerve to come forward and tell their story that it’s fantasy that are making light of it than the movies, TV, newspapers or comics could ever do.

Unless you know anything about Nevada Prison system, I suggest you do some research before you come back and try to say that what I am saying is wrong. Nevada is corrupt right down to the plumbers that unclog the swear system. So if you think that something can’t happen from the Warden on down to the lowest rank you are SADLY mistaken. That is what is unbelievable is that this is still allowed to happen.

If you are going to post like you know something, please post with proof as I have done with the link for the DOJ on this issue with staff raping inmates. Just talking off the top of your head makes you really look bad because there is way to much information out there of me to base my comment on. A quote our site got from an email from Just Detention..

“It is very common for people to disbelieve survivors of sexual assault. I worked in rape crisis in the community and found there as well, that the stories of survivors are so disturbing and painful that many people would rather believe that the survivor is lying than that they live in a world where people behave this way toward each other. For survivors in prison, that burden of proof is doubled because they are already seen as lacking in credibility.”

– Linda McFarlane, MSW, LCSW – Deputy Executive Director
Just Detention International –

“Survivors take a tremendous risk when they tell about sexual assault, overcoming feelings of shame, fears of retaliation, and often direct threats from the perpetrator(s).”

– Linda McFarlane, MSW, LCSW – Deputy Executive Director
Just Detention International –

You have a great day and thank you for giving me the opportunity to prove you wrong in your biased statements!!