In one of the MIM Notes dated June 1st 2004 (#303) there is a letter from an inmate in Tehachapi SHU who I believe mentions me. On Jan 16, 2002 I was maced point blank in my face by a 40 merely because I requested to speak to the sergeant. In turn I was maced, assaulted, shot and subsequently given 10 additional years for a bogus “battery on a PO.” At that time (January 2002) I had approximately 6 more months to go home after a 5 year term. The writer of that article is not lying about CCI Tehachapi, especially about that racist jackass lieutenant Lundy. He threatened to shoot me if I ever walked him mainline again.
Of course, no one believed nor cared that the C/Os all lied about what happened. I was railroaded and here I sit wondering how the hell it is possible for no one to give a damn about this. My public defender would not even talk to me about what was happening since I do not understand legal proceedings.
My complaints were numerous and no one cared. I wrote my nations consulate for help (Mexico) I complained to Bakersfield’s grand jury about how C/Os had “accidentally” placed me in the wrong yard in an attempt to have me assaulted by other races (I am labeled a southern Mexican). I complained of outright ineffective assistance of counsel to the California bar association. I’ve written countless organizations and not one ever responded.
Anyhow, with 6 months to go home, I was given 10 more years and now my release date is 2012. Instead of 20 years old, I’ll be about 37.
- a California prisoner, September 2005