More assaults at High Desert

I have a problem here at High Desert State Prison. I was assaulted by a CO in 2004. I filed a grievance on her, because of the inhuman treatment dropping razors on the dirty floor that we are supposed to shave with. She threatened and disrespected me a couple of times in one week, the last time I asked her could I take a shower when I came in at 2:30pm like they told us to do. She told me I couldn’t shower, but she would handcuff me and take me to program and the Sergeant would draw a circle on the chalk board and make me put my nose in it. I told her no man alive will do that to me. They moved me pending investigation. They never investigated. They are still holding me in ad-seg because I filed a misconduct report on her. I was recommended for transfer in December 2004, but I haven’t been transferred, just continue to be held in ad-seg. This is only retaliation, nothing else.

September 20 I was assaulted again by CO Kissinger. He has been harassing me for a while but none of these sergeants will reprimand him. He handcuffed me that day when I was trying to go to the yard for exercise. When I backed out of my cell he had the cuffs so tight they put red marks on my wrist and he was pulling down on both of my hands. I told this officer he was pulling on me. CO Kissinger pulled my shoulder out of place, a bone is sticking up. The next day I was taken up front to be video taped. After I was finished with the video Sergeant Brewer said you can go and when I was attempting to get up CO Smith was pulling on my left arm and had his hand on top where it was already out of place, causing it to pop and hurt more. I filed on him, Sgt Brewer, and Lt Peddicord for conspiring a false charge on me, saying I threatened to kill CO Smith. These people are so corrupt.

- A California prisoner, October 2005