Comments on: Others paying the price for Epstein misdeeds

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:08:47 +0000

In reply to Muriel. I was in avon park from 2011 to 2014 and worked at pride tire. I know one of the females at the tire place kept pushing to get all offenders out of there. Sadly I see she got her wish,its sad when people mess up and try to better themselves like every other inmate but get denied the chance even on the inside to better themselves.

By: Muriel

Muriel — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:04:20 +0000

In reply to Florida Action Committee. Not too sure which prison the respondent above is referring to, but I do know that Avon Park C.I. got rid of all the same in their classrooms as well as the PRIDE unit in late 2016. Don't know if it has changed since then.

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:32:01 +0000

When I was incarcerated in Virginia in a Low Security facility I decided I wanted to be a tutor. We had an education program there where inmates could work on their college degrees. I went up to the education building and expressed my desires. They told me that my dorm already had its limit on tutors. I asked then if I could at least take the exam to get my name on the waiting list. That afternoon I was administered the examination. The very next morning I received a note to report to the education building for an interview. I had the interview and that afternoon was designated a tutor. I had a great time helping guys out doing things from managing a bank account to doing algebra and geometry. I hope that many of the men today are doing well for themselves because of some of the help I provided them. The day I left, the entire dorm lined up to wish me well on the way out. The ‘lock em up and throw away the key’ attitude I had had for years was gone. I realized that good men can foul up and yet be redeemed…I was one of them. To not permit SO’s to be tutors is a terrible waste of potential talent. Unfortunately the corrections system frequently lets that happen. In my case Virginia gave me the chance to use my and other’s time wisely.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:14:26 +0000

In reply to JJJJ. In which prison is this?

By: JJJJ

JJJJ — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:34:41 +0000

In reply to JJJJ.

Update from a Florida Prisoner
This is an excerpt from an email I received this morning: (names have been changed)

“…first the devastating news. they took all the tutors, clerks and aides who are sex offenders out of education/vocation. me, John Smith (who I had been training for the last 3 months as my replacement), Jack Dawson (our most senior and experienced clerk and classroom manager), Jim Jones (our computer geek/programmer), and Jason Newman. ( that’s more than 35 years of cumulative experience working in adult education). and any other SO who was not in a student position. it’s the old sex offenders can’t work as clerks or aides with education/vocational staff. it’s ridiculously hypocritical. … ”

And yet Jeffrey Epstein got frigging work release?????????

By: Douglas

Douglas — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:02:59 +0000

As a registered sex offender for over 22 years now, it never ceases to amaze me how I am implicitly associated with other citizens crimes despite there being absolutely no association between me and them.
Knee jerk responses keep coming and coming and amount to a life time of humiliation, punishment and hardship.
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR THEIR CRIMES!!
LEAVE ME ALONE!!

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:10:29 +0000

In reply to Frostbyte.

Sometimes when we lest expect it, God sends as an ‘angel’ to help get us through the hard times…and we all will have them. I had an ‘angel’ who stood with me in spite of her family’s advice to do otherwise. Today I am a free man…except that ‘god-awful registry…and my friend and I still do many things together to make this end of life more pleasant. By the way, I now get along quite well with her family as they were able to see the errors of their ways…and ‘mom knows best’.

By: Frostbyte

Frostbyte — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:48:17 +0000

I was truly blessed while I was inside. I did Bio-Medical Repair on the outside and the dentist at the camp I was at went to bat for me with the Warden. As a result, I became the first Medical Repair Orderly in DOC, having my own tool box (Inventoried daily of course) and without a CO as a supervisor…The dentist monitored me as I rebuilt all 6 dental suites at the camp and performed repairs on the dental tools, eventually even having Medical send their gear to me for work. By the end of my “Tenure” it got to where I would walk into Dental, Doc would unlock my box, tell me what needed repair, then just head to his office and leave me to it. We even remained friends after my release until sadly, he passed away from cancer.
Had it not been for him, I would have spent my days “Sweeping the sun off the sidewalk” on Inside Grounds since I wasn’t allowed to go to Outside Grounds, or out the gate for any reason because of my status as a SO.

By: JZ

JZ — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:09:53 +0000

In reply to JZ.

Can’t publicly post employers. Email customerservice@opsstaff.com and ask for list.

By: Vicki Henry

Vicki Henry — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:33:04 +0000

Money talks…..the poor do ‘the perp walk’