HOW MUCH PROTECTION DOES THE B.O.P. OFFER THE PRISONERS IN ITS CARE?
NONE!
Gary Waid, Federal Prisoner number
24582-034
May 5, 1999
Jama Acuff
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Southeast Regional Office
Building 2000
3800 Camp Creek Parkway, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30331-6226
IN RE: Your reply, received 5-3-99 to my many letters
dated from as far back as 10-98.
Ma’am,
Are you guys crazy?
What in the world are you
thinking with that stuff abut me availing myself of all the Florida D.O.C.
programs and whatnot in a secure, safe environment so I’ll become a productive
member of society blah blah blah…?
This place is the “Work
Camp” at F.S.P., part of the Starke/Raiford death-row prison complex that is
famous throughout America as one of the most brutal penal institutions in the
south. I am now under the care and protection
of a bunch of guards, some of whom are felonious thugs who may or may not
follow the unbelievably strict rules laid down to punish state bad guys – the
BADDEST of the bad. For your
information, this work camp is NOT like what the feds are used to. There are 14
counts a day here. I am not allowed to
own so much as an apple.
There is a goon squad at
this country club led by a Lt. Z_ _ _.
He may, for any reason he deems appropriate, or simply for his own
amusement, take you to his little room, chain you up, and beat the hell out of
you. Then they’ll escort you across the
road to the main prison where the goons there (Led by the infamous Sgt. Cruz)
will again chain you and beat you and let you sleep and then beat you again,
etc…..
And you’ll be beaten.
And beaten again.
Am I making myself
clear? They can KILL you and laugh and
drink coffee and ain’t life just a peach, good buddy.
And you can be chosen for
this honor on a whim, a smile wrongly administered, an unappreciated
gesture. I know a man who was thrown in
the hole and beaten repeatedly because he had RUBBER BANDS in his locker.
I have seen and heard
stories of more crime by these people than I ever saw in my entire career in
marijuana (remember, I am a non-violent, first-time pot conspirator). AND I’M SUPPOSED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
GREAT OPPORTUNITY?
I don’t think you guys know
what you’ve done here, but because it took you six months to respond to my
letters, it seems to me that I have a proper concern. If I were to, at some later date, be beaten, tortured, killed,
staked out in the yard for the flies to eat, I can expect that you’ll look into
it as quickly as possible, maybe in a year or two or three or screw it, maybe
he’ll just go away and I’m tired and he’s a felon anyway, what the hell.
I cannot address the legal
issues here, my lawyer, Mr. Cohn says he’ll deal with that, but I could not let
your unbelievable letter go without a reply.
You guys are wrong! And I wanted
to go on record. I have a piece about
Lake Butler N.F.R.C. on some of the internet sites and chat lines. Maybe you
could read it and learn something.
Frankly, I am and have been angry and frightened. I feel I need the protection that disclosure
may afford me.
Many of the state inmates
here at F.S.P.W./C are angry. Angry all
the time. Why do you suppose that
is? Hmmm? WHY?
And why does Florida have
the worst recidivism rate in the entire country?
Sincerely,
Gary Brooks Waid
#24582-034