When Prison Is A Better Option
From the Blog of Scott H Greenfield, comes an interesting but horrifyingly disturbing real-life story of a person required to register as a sexual offender who was released on probation, only to request to be voluntarily violated so that he can go back to prison. Why, you ask? Because probation sent him to go live in the woods!
Even though he could have had a home with his mother or his sister, both addresses were off limits because of residency restrictions, so he had to sleep in the woods on the ground, like an animal. The conditions were so bad and aggravating to his medical conditions, that he decided he was better off in prison… so he voluntarily violated and went back.
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I am a USA citizen. In my time in the military and as a civilian I have worked in and lived in 3rd world countries. America likes to walk around with her nose so high in the air as a country of civil rights, and yet we force our own to live in “inhumane” ways. We treat our pets better than our own citizens, ones that politicians have decided don’t deserve to be treated like humans.
How ironic is it that the same justice system that is doing this to Scott, and the hundreds living in unsanitary conditions under bridges in Miami is the same justice system that will throw someone in jail for abusing their pet dog.
I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that what was the greatest country in the world as far as I am concerned, is not the country that does this to their own citizens, all for the sake of money. Oh how far we have fallen!
Of course he violated himself thats what they want you to do that way they can say “see a sex offender cannot be rehabilitated” which gives them more power to make more laws to put us living further in the woods. These supposed intelligent law makers have not had any contact with one of us on a personal level or had a family member involved in our situation or you would see the laws going the other rather quickly. Its a matter of time before the registry has 5 to 10 million people on it then maybe someone with some power will pay attention to us. Until then do the best you can and try and help each other out
I lived in the woods for over a year and a half, honorably discharged Veteran, and during a hurricane too, it was a swamp. My PO told me to sit under the overhang at a nearby police substation, which the dispatcher there approved, only to be told by a jackass cop that I had to go back to the swamp! My mother, who is 86 years old wants to move her mobile home to a piece of land so that I can live with her, all properties so far have been denied! She lives alone as well. Wish someone could do something to change these BS laws that only harass offenders and separate them from their families!
David,
First of all thank you for your service in the military, my Dad was in Vietnam.
I know you want to be near you Mom but if things get too bad, there is a place in Orlando where an offender bought about 20 houses and the entire street is basically sex offenders. The sheriffs office likes it as they can keep track of everyone all at once and the non offender neighbors are outnumbered.
Prayers for you and your Mom
Thank you for your reply. My father is buried her and my mother not only has me take her to visit him, when approved, she also has a plot next to him. She has lived here all of her live and does not wish to relocated.
“In my case I never even had a conviction but I’m still required to be registered for 25 years! I call it Prison Without A Conviction. At least a jail gets you hot food and shelter and resources to turn your life around. Seriously there can be cases where terms served in Federal Prison and upon a paroled release No Registration is required depending on the crime of course. RSOs in Florida total about 40% are registered as without permanent addresses. So as crazy as it may be a jail cell could be a better solution. That’s the insanity of these laws that are supposed to protect children but actually are ruining the lives and families of compliant Offenders.
JEV – True Confessions
And of course, the mainstream media doesn’t report this. Instead, they’d reports something like Sex Offender Violsted Law Again And Sent To Prison.
And this is EXACTLY what the system wants. HOW is this not punitive that our quality of life is so bad an so restrictive that we live each day in fear, sorrow, depression and looking over our shoulders? Most of us have long since done our time and completed our sentences and all obligations, or so we thought. We cannot even go back to court and change our plea due to statues of limitations (believe me I tried). In what universe is going back to prison the better choice. Sickening !
Yes. They want you out of their state and country , yet they won’t let you leave. So the alternative is to put you in prison and bitch about the cost. What they actually want is for you to kill yourself so that they don’t have to do it or explain why you were killed in prison.
They already tried that with me. The guards tried to beat me up in prison and as about 10 of them approached me, I turned my back to them and raised my hands and committed myself to the Almighty and said silently, “Only you Oh Lord have the right to take my life”. I then said if He was ready for me, so be it and to welcome me home. A miracle happened and just as they got close to beating me with batons ( Where they got batons I will never know ) their radios came on and called all personnel to the yard ASAP for a riot in progress. That was my miracle and I never forgot it.