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One Of The Very Worst Known Torture and Death Camp

YAZOO PRISON IS ONE OF THE WORST
TORTURE AND DEATH CAMP

I refer to myself in the third person to advance the readability of my accounting. I have numbered the paragraphs herein for ease of future reference and for editing purposes. The statements contained herein are true and correct to the best of James T. Kimball's knowledge and belief. Under the penalty of perjury and willing to submit to a professionally administered polygraph and/or truth serum as to all statements contained herein, Kimball declares the following:

For the most part the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) operates categories of prisons. They are maximum security, high security, medium security, low security, and camp security prisons. There are no resort prisons, nor are there prisons where inmates have the use of golf courses and swimming pools as some people believe. The prisons in each category mentioned above are not operated in the same fashion, do not follow the laws set forth by the legislature in their operation and dole out cruel and abusive treatment to prisoners to varying degrees by design and designation.

It is abundantly clear that the way prisons are operated is under the direct control of each regional director with the ultimate control by the BOP central office in Washington, D.C.

A category of prisons not listed for public knowledge are disciplinary/punishment prisons that were specifically built and operated to punish prisoners far beyond what a federal judge sentenced such people to endure. Prisoners are sent to these punishment prisons such as Yazoo Low Federal Prison from other low security prisons (usually by the Regional Director) for the following reasons: as discriminatory acts against a prisoner, dislike of a prisoner, retaliation against a prisoner for reporting BOP illegal acts and inhumane treatment of prisoners and for prisoners who file legitimate legal actions against the BOP for constitutional rights violations.

As aforestated one such punishment prison is Yazoo Low Security Federal Prison (YL) and is located in Yazoo, Mississippi under the direction of BOP Regional Director, R. E. Holt in Atlanta, Georgia, which is the BOP regional headquarters. Coleman Low Security Federal Prison (CL) is also a low security prison which is located in Coleman, Florida. However, CL is a non-punishment prison for low security inmates also under the control of R. E. Holt as are many more prisons under his control in the Atlanta region of the BOP.

• Kimball spent over a year at CL and was transferred away from his family, against the request of the Federal Judge, and against BOP policy because the BOP retaliated against Kimball and his wife for filing legal actions, exposing the BOP inhumanities and illegalities against prisoners and reporting such activities to the legislature.

• Kimball has been at CL and YL and spoken to hundreds of other prisoners from other BOP low prison facilities and higher security prisons. The evidence collected is irrefutable that YL Federal Prison was built and is currently operated as a punishment/disciplinary low prison.

• To understand why Yazoo was built and is operated as a punishment prison is easiest understood by comparing CL which was built and operated as a low security non-punishment prison with YL. Also compared is Coleman Medium Security Federal Prison, CM, which is a higher security prison than YL punishment prison.

• CL was built about two years before YL. BOP records reflect that CL was built to house around 1300 inmates in housing units on their compound. While Kimball was at CL, CL housed on average around 2,100 prisoners, about 800 overcrowded.

• YL was built about 2 years after CL and is nearly a mirror image of CL with the exception that some of the facility buildings are smaller, such as the cafeteria and kitchen areas along with the library and other buildings. However, YL houses approximately the same amount of inmates as CL around 2,100.

• When CL was built spring beds were installed along with guardrails on the top beds to include quality thick mattresses, on top of the spring framed beds. The beds at CL were 38" wide.

When YL was built, much narrower 26" flat steel narrow bunk beds were installed, without ladders or safety guardrails on the top bunks and poor quality very thin mattresses were placed on top of the flat steel. In essence the beds at YL consists of no springs, a flat unbendable steel slab about 6 1/2' long X 26" wide with a 2" mattress. Prisoners with back neck or shoulder problems which many have, are tortured throughout the night sleeping in such conditions. The exact beds that were installed in the housing units for prisoners at YL were the same beds provided by CL to prisoners in their hole, for punishment. Kimball has seen inmates fall out of the 5 foot high beds onto the cement floor due to no safety rails, sustaining very serious injuries. Some of these incidents are depicted within this web link.

• CL allows 5 days for prisoners to have visits with family and friends. YL allows only 2 1/2 days and their visiting facilities appear smaller than CL. Also with YL allowing only half the visiting time as CL the families are punished more severely due to the fact of the visiting room being over-crowded. Visits are terminated and it is next to impossible to talk without screaming at one another. Not only are prisoners punished at Yazoo by receiving only half the visiting time as CL the prisoners are further punished by being forced to wear a T-shirt and dress shirt to visit when the temperatures are well above 90 degrees. CL allows inmates to wear T-shirts only to visit during the summer months. YL punishes inmates even further with their mandatory requirement dress code. When it's freezing in the winter at YL sweatshirts that inmates purchase to keep warm must be worn under every prisoners T-shirt. Kimball has met prisoners from many other prisons all across the US and all prisoners have advised Kimball they have never been at any prison that made the prisoners wear their sweatshirts under their T-shirts. The prisoners also advised Kimball they have never been at such a prison as YL, that is designed to operate to totally infuriate the prisoners 24 hours a day causing dissention among the inmates on a continual basis.

• The quality and quantity of food served at CL to prisoners was excellent, while the quality of food and quantity at YL is deplorable. Some of the food served inmates at Yazoo Kimball would not feed to his dog.

• CL provides microwave ovens for inmates to purchase and cook their own food even though it is not necessary due to the fact CL food is very good and nourishing. Even the higher security prison, Coleman Medium Security, and most every other medium security prison provides microwaveovens allowing inmates to purchase and cook their own food. While YL's food is deplorable in itself, YL refuses to provide microwave ovens so inmates can purchase and cook their own food.

Yazoo Low Prison operates to deliberately aggravate, frustrate, intimidate, confuse, anger and cause friction between prisoners while Coleman Low and Coleman/Medium Security Prisons do NOT.

• CL non-punishment prison allows prisoners to have freedom and access to all prison facilities to come and go as they please without being locked into each facility unit except during working hours which are 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday. In essence CL allows prisoners to freely come and go as they please and use all the facilities offered by CL from approximately 4:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. daily and all day Saturday and Sunday. While CM and other BOP medium and high security prisons do not allow such freedoms to prisoners.

• YL the same as CM and high security prisons do not allow such freedoms to inmates. YL restricts the movement of prisoners 7 days a week; the same as the BOP medium and high security prisons do, only YL restricts the movements even further than Coleman Medium Security Prison. A prisoner wanting to use a facility at YL such as recreational facilities or the library must secure a pass or sign up to leave and return. Passes are limited and many times cannot be acquired. CM did not require such sign ups or offer limited passes, nor did such a policy exist at CL. The policies required at YL are the same type policies that are required at high security prisons within the BOP as reported to Kimball by inmates that had been at such facilities.

• While Kimball was at CL meals were served inmates essentially as follows: Breakfast, 6:00 A.M. to at least 7:00 A.M., Lunch, 11:00 A.M. to at least 1:00 P.M., and Dinner, 5:00 P.M. to at least 7:00 P.M. This amounted to essentially at least 1 hour for breakfast and 2 hours for lunch and dinner to serve 2,100 inmates at CL. Also, CL did not allow inmates to stand outside waiting for food in the hot sun or freezing weather; they always had the prisoners wait inside. YL forces prisoners to wait outside in the over 100-degree heat and freezing cold to secure a meal. To make things worse when it's raining YL, unlike CL, refuses to allow prisoners to walk to the cafeteria under covered walkways which are present at both CL and YL. At YL prisoners have to walk as far as 300 yards during a monsoon rainstorm, refusing to allow the prisoners access to the covered walkways used by YL staff. At CL all covered walkways are used by both staff and prisoners at all times.

• While Kimball has been at YL which has a smaller kitchen and eating area than CL, with essentially the same number of inmates as CL, the average inmate allowed time for breakfast is about 40 minutes, lunch 1 hour and 30 minutes, and dinner 1 hour and 30 minutes. Inmates are forced to wait outdoors in the extreme heat and freezing cold for extended periods of times just to eat deplorable food. This includes the many handicapped prisoners and prisoners confined to wheelchairs. As soon as the prisoners receive their food, if they happen to be one of the few hundred last in line, they are forced to gobble their food down, leave the cafeteria before finishing their food or be punished by being locked into the cafeteria. That is, if any food is left to eat.

• Fresh vegetables, a variety of drinks, fruit with every meal, salad with tomatoes, broccoli, cucumber and a variety of salad dressings were common place at CL to furnish prisoners with at least a well-balanced meal.

• Fresh vegetables are all but non-existent at YL, as are a variety of drinks. Fruit with every meal does not happen at YL even though it appears BOP policy states it must. Tomatoes in a salad at YL is extremely scarce if any at all, while one salad dressing is provided. Salt and peppershakers which CL and CM provide prisoners are non-existent at YL. For months YL allowed prisoners salt and pepper shakers only 3 or 4 times a week with their meals. Then YL provided salt and pepper in trays to be spooned out instead of providing salt and pepper shakers on cafeteria tables. Inmates at YL for months were forced to use salt and pepper with their fingers to season the rice and beans which are standard for lunch and dinner at YL. Iceberg lettuce makes up 95% of the salads served. Finding anything green in the salads served at YL is very rare, unlike CL or CM. Plastic knives were non-existent at YL for months and even currently are a rare item, while knives at CL and CM were plentiful. Inmates at YL had to pick up their meat with their fingers to cut the meat with their teeth. At YL bowls for soup are scarce while at CL and CM bowls are plentiful.

Note: for over a year YL has had a veryserious antibiotic resistant strain of staph infection spreading among prisoners. When the prisoners are finished waiting in the food lines outdoors in the pouring freezing rain and sweltering heat, they all must place their hands on the door handle to open the door to the cafeteria thus continually spreading germs from one hand to another. Once the prisoner acquires his tray of food, he then proceeds to the salt tray where plastic spoons are placed which fall into the salt in the tray. The prisoner must place his hand into the salt to dig out the spoon to put salt on his tray of food. Thus spreading germs. Pepper has become non-existent at Yazoo, however when YL had pepper it was self service in trays the same as the salt has been since the middle of 2003 - March 2004. Additionally because plastic knives are rare and even non-existent at times, prisoners have to pick up their meat and lettuce and eat it with their fingers. Thus additionally spreading antibiotic resistant strains of staph infections. This ongoing health hazard is deplorable, yet condoned by Regional BOP Director, R. E. Holt.

• Once the inmate at YL stands crowded in line in the extreme heat or cold and in the pouring rain (without raincoats being provided by the BOP), and arrives at the serving line to acquire his food; 10 to 20 minutes of frustration has elapsed. When the inmate receives his tray of food, because the inmates are ramroded into and through the cafeteria, pushing, shoving,bumping and spilling takes place. Just to acquire a plastic cup to drink from or acquire a plastic bowl to make a lettuce salad causes bumps, spills, and more frustration and friction between inmates. This type of activity is not present at CL or CM.

• Unlike CL or CM, at YL the cafeteria eating tables are jammed in so tight it is nearly impossible to walk down aisles to get to a table, which causes inmates to constantly run into each other, spill food on each other causing more friction between inmates. Once seated, inmates are rushed by the staff to gobble their food down and leave the cafeteria. Many inmates are required to leave the cafeteria before they finished their food. This causes the inmates at YL to keep eating and drinking while they are carrying their trays to the wash room. This causes even more frustration and friction as the inmates again bump into each other causing even more spillage of food and drinks.

• Unlike CL and CM that allows inmates to take uneaten food out of the cafeteria such as fruit and desserts. YL places inmates in the hole for taking their desserts out of the cafeteria. YL would rather not afford an inmate enough time to eat, or throw away their food, or not eat properly, than to allow an inmate to take a piece of fruit or dessert back to his housing unit to eat.

• One of many incidents occurred recently out of frustration and friction constantly on-going at YL. On July 14, 2003 while lunch was being served, an inmate with a cane flipped out and started screaming at an Assistant Warden (AW) standing in the cafeteria. The AW did nothing to aggravate the inmate and kept his cool the entire time of the incident. However, when an officer attempted to approach the inmate, the inmate fell to the floor still screaming. The inmates near the inmate that fell to the floor started grumbling, getting up to come to the inmates rescue on the floor when they realized the officer did not touch or push the inmate to the floor. This incident could have turned into volatile disaster had the officer pushed the inmate to the floor. The inmates around the screaming inmate on the floor could not make out what he was saying and the inmate was taken away on a stretcher while everyone cooled down. My lunch that day consisted of 2 coldhot dogs on nearly frozen hot dog buns and a lettuce salad without green lettuce or any tomatoes and no fruit offered for a dessert.

• As aforestated YL has restricted movement all the time while CL has restricted movement during working hours only Monday - Friday and not after 4:00 P.M. on holidays or weekends. When CL has their limited restricted movements during working hours they are extremely punctual even announcing them over their PA system allowing all inmates hourly to have access to all facilities for at least 10 full minutes. At CL Kimball, as well as all inmates, knew exactly what time each 10 minute movement would take place and inmates would set their watches by them. The exact same timely movements took place at CM and most every other prison in the United States.

• Not at YL however. The movements rarely were on the hour and ranged from 4 minutes to 12 minutes while many inmate movements were never announced over the P.A. system at all. This frustrates and aggravates most every inmate on a daily basis. Inmates needing to get from one place to another were sometimes turned away, some being put in the hole, due only to the fact a 10 minute move became a 4 to 6 minute move unbeknownst by the inmate beforehand.

• When prisoners at YL get to a facility they wish to use such as the recreation yard, YL creates friction and frustration between prisoners as they enter and exit the recreation yard; notwithstanding the friction and frustration once inmates get into the recreation yard. YL refuses to open an 8-foot wide gate to let from 500 to 1,000 inmates enter the recreation yard within the 4 to 10 minutes allotted at YL. Instead YL opens only a 3-foot gate and single man turn style for 500 to 1,00 inmates to enter in the few minutes allotted. This causes a huge group of inmates to pile up, to push and shove each other further aggravating groups of inmates attempting to get first access to the very limited recreational materials offered at YL. Upon leaving the recreational yard at YL as many as 1,000 inmates are lined up attempting to leave the recreation yard in the few minutes allowed through the same 3-foot gate. This does not include the wheel chair and handicapped inmates that have to stay out in the 100-degree heat hoping for a space to get in and out of the recreation yard. Fights have broken out because of this needless friction directly caused because YL is operated as a punishment low prison under the control of R. E. Holt, Regional Director.

• CL again is the same lay out, always opens it's 8-foot gate to let the hordes of prisoners in and out without causing any inmate aggravation, frustration and anger even though it has a 3-foot gate and single man turn-style as YL. Once inside CL recreation yard the activities afforded the inmates at CL are about double what is afforded the inmates at YL while both house basically the same amount of inmates, 800 more than both facilities were built for. As examples:

• There are about half as many pool tables and ping-pong tables at YL than CL. The same with other similar games.
• YL refuses to allow inmates pull up bars while they are in abundance at CL.
• While YL has 4 racquetball courts for over 2,000 inmates to use, YL only supplies between 4 to 12 rackets for inmates to use and at times YL has had less than 5 racquetball rackets for the 2,000 prisoners to use. This causes constant friction amongst the prisoners to even acquire a racket to use. Four racquetball courts with prisoners playing doubles would require 20 racquetball rackets. Since Kimball has been at YL for one and a half years, Kimball has never seen more than 12 rackets available for inmates to use. Not only does CL offer more racquetball rackets; they allow inmates to purchase their own rackets to help supply the need for rackets. While YL flatly refuses to allow inmates to purchase their own racquetball rackets. To make the situation even more aggravating to prisoners playing racquetball, YL allows inmates to bring their own rackets from other Federal prisons into YL, while refusing to allow inmates at YL to purchase any.
• Games such as chess; YL has only 5 for over 2,000 inmates while CL has way more than double that amount.

• In essence YL offers in its recreation facilities less than half the activities of CL for the same amount of inmates, which causes dissention among inmates and staff. To cause even more dissention among inmates, YL closes their recreation yard without notice for no apparent reason whatsoever, at their whim, while at CL Kimball never witnessed such an occurrence.

• As stated earlier the cafeteria and facilities for activities at YL were built smaller even though YL was built after CL. The library at YL is smaller and offers fewer books and video movies to keep inmates occupied than CL.

• The commissary at YL locks up to 100 inmates at one time into a room about 18' x 30' causing inmates to bump into and step on other inmates attempting to sit on the floor creating a volatile situation 4 days a week. Even the handicapped are placed in the same environment. While at CL there are loud speakers outdoors and benches for seating are provided with an overhead roof while inmates are called to acquire their commissary items, and no friction between inmates is caused or exists as it does at YL.

• Much more inmate anger, friction and frustration is created for the inmates at YL in their housing units. Each housing unit at YL is basically the same as CL and houses approximately 150 prisoners. There are 10 sinks, 16 showers, 6 stall johns, 6 urinals, 1 ice machine and 4 hot water taps to make coffee, tea, soup, etc. with. Unlike CL, YL has bunk beds in hallways and has had cots in TV rooms and quiet reading rooms, which have recently been turned into loud boisterous card rooms for inmates to scream and yell in. The TV rooms have been recently turned into screaming jungles in most every housing unit. The yelling and screaming allowed in housing units at YL is for the most part continuous from morning to well after midnight, 7 days a week. It is next to impossible for an inmate to watch TV without continually being interrupted by someone screaming, yelling, or talking over the volume of the TV. This type of condoned activity by the BOP at YL causes not only frustration and anger among the inmates but also serious fights and injuries have resulted by this activity being condoned by the Atlanta region and R. E. Holt. Most recently a serious fight and injuries resulted and YL was totally locked down needlessly for 5 days due only to the allowance of the BOP to condone such activities continually.

• The screaming, yelling and loud noise making in the housing units at CL were essentially non-existent for the most part while Kimball was there. The BOP region in Atlanta did not condone such activity at CL as they do in the disciplinary prison at YL.

• Up until very recently only one shower was allowed to be used by prisoners between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. and 5 of the ten sinks for 150 inmates were not allowed to be used by inmates at YL during those same hours; while at CL all showers and sinks were open 24 hours for use except when they were being cleaned or repaired. This caused further long lines, confrontations between inmates along with frustration among inmates attempting to take a shower after coming in from recreation in 100 degree heat at 10:30 A.M. Inmates to take a shower and make the 11:00 to 12:00 lunch becomes a serious hassle. Many inmates gave up eating lunch as YL does not allow prisoners to wear shorts or sneakers to lunch.

• YL appears to deliberately delay the repair of necessities for inmates while CL repaired needed items for inmates almost immediately as example:

• An ice machine in one 150-man unit has been broken for over five months. Inmates take ice water to recreation due to the extreme heat. Inmates at YL also use ice to cool down the food they purchase for themselves. This never happened at CL while Kimball was there.
• The circuit breakers for the inmates' instant hot water to make soup, etc. would go off quite often. It sometimes takes days for someone to turn back on the tripped circuit breaker at YL. While CL has microwave ovens for inmates, if one of the 3 or 4 microwave ovens stopped working it was replaced or fixed within a couple of days while CL prisoners used the other ones. When the circuit breakers tripped at YL, sometimes there was no instant hot water for two housing units, approximately 300 inmates, for days, and of course no microwave ovens at all.

• Even when BOP housing unit staff members at Yazoo attempt to help an inmate with an immediate correctable problem they cannot do it because of the design of how YL is to be operated as examples:

• Kimball knows destitute prisoners who have worked their 130 hours a month and for some unknown reason did not receive their $17.00 earned, placed into their account. These destitute inmates need the $17.00 to purchase deodorant and sanitary items for themselves. The unit team tries to help, but in vain as the system at YL is geared to frustrate the inmate as well as staff members. Inmates are told they will receive the needed monies in a month or two. While at CL if errors were made in payroll, inmates advised Kimball they were paid within a few days when the error was found.
• Kimball had his ID card stolen at YL and CL. Kimball needed his ID card at YL to acquire copies of his legal work. Even though his unit team staff and an Assistant Warden attempted to help Kimball acquire a new ID card rapidly, YL did not replace his ID card for 6 weeks and charged Kimball $5.00. Other prisoners at YL told Kimball the same story. When Kimball had his ID card stolen at CL and reported it to his unit team, Kimball's unit team staff had Kimball a new ID card in 4 hours without any charge at all.

• To further explain the difference in a punishment low prison facility such as YP, versus a non-punishment prison CL would be to detail a prisoner's one day activities at each prison. The following accounting is based on actual happenings, which Kimball experienced at CL and YL on any given day at both prisons while he was present. Kimball picked a typical weekday at both prisons to use as an example of the events he has experience.

(1)  5:30 A.M. lights go on at YL and CL.

(2)  A. At YL the majority of older inmates along with inmates suffering from disabilities awake in pain from sleeping on steel with a thin mattress.
       B. At CL the older inmates and disabled do not have to contend with the suffering on sleeping on steel and a thin mattress as they are provided spring
       beds with a thick heavy mattress.

(3)  A. At YL after awakening at 5:30 A.M. the inmates get up to use the bathroom facilities. Just before entry to the bathroom facilities there are open plastic 
       bags full of garbage from the night before smelling up the entire bathroom area. When an inmate attempts to use a sink to wash up, the sinks have
       food sitting in them from the night before smelling up the sink area, with food usually on the floor.
       B. At CL there were not open plastic bags in the morning by the bathroom smelling up the entire area nor was there an abundance of food in the sinks and
        on the floor smelling up the area.

(4)   A. 6:00 A.M. CL announces a 5-minute move for all inmates wanting to go to the recreation yard or needing to go to medical for insulin.
         B. 6:06 A.M. YL announces the same as CL.

(5)   A. Because our unit is last to eat, we are number 12 to be called to eat at CL. We are called to eat at 6:40 A.M. 150 inmates were released to eat.
        The food offered for breakfast is orange juice, choice of dry cereal, a banana, oatmeal, toast, milk and coffee. The cafeteria was closed at
        7:00 A.M. and cleared by 7:15 A.M. There was a 2-minute wait to receive the food items. No one is allowed to stand outside waiting for food.
        B. Because our unit was last to eat we were number 3 to be called at YL. We were called to eat at 6:20 A.M. 300 inmates were released to eat.
        The food offered was rice crispies and a piece of cake made with an abundance of lard, milk and coffee. There was an 8-minute wait to receive
        the food items. The cafeteria was closed at 6:40 A.M. and cleared by 6:50 A.M. Prisoners had to stand out doors in the rain.

(6)   A. At CL the gate to the recreation yard are opened daily for inmates to eat breakfast just after the last housing unit is called for breakfast.
        B. At YL the gate to the recreation yard is not opened for inmates to eat at all with the exception of  weekends. For the most part inmates
         at YL must forego eating to go to early recreation.

(7)   A. While breakfast was being served at YL, Kimball stopped by a sitting area outside for inmates. Inmate James Williams, BOP #16465-074 was
        obviously having a heart attack. Inmate Williams had shortness of breath, severe chest pains, had taken 2 nitroglycerine pills, which did not
        work as they usually do and he was in serious medical trouble. Inmate Williams went to medical. Kimball made inquiries about inmate Williams and
        was advised in March 03 Williams was advised he had 3 arteriesblocked from 80 - 90 % and needed triple by-pass surgery. This being toward
        the end of July 2003, it appears that YL  medical placed this inmate's life in danger for a period of 5 months. Kimball was present last winter when 
        an inmate died of a heart problem directly after BEGGING IN VAIN for medical treatment and was turned away by YL medical. Kimball was
        advised by inmates at Yazoo, personnel at YM told them YM had no money to send inmates out for medical treatment. Kimball holds sworn 
        statements to that effect.
      B. Although CL medical treatment was deplorable, while their medical staff at CL admitted to Kimball lack of medical treatment at CL cost inmate
         lives; the medical treatment most inmates received at CL was far superior to YL's medical treatment of prisoners.

(8)  A. At CL after breakfast a prisoner is free to use any facility open until 10:30 A.M.
       B. At YL after breakfast a prisoner is free to use any facility open only until 8:30 A.M.

(9)   At YL and CL the compound is closed and free of movement between 7:30 A.M. and 7:45 A.M.

(10) A. At 8:30 A.M. sharp at CL the compound is open for prisoners to go to any facility they wish which is open without authorization. The compound is closed
       at 8:40 A.M.
       B. At 8:38 A.M. at YL the compound is open for prisoners to go to any facility they wish which is open if they hold a pass or have signed a sign in/out
       sheet. Passes are available in very limited quantity at YL. For 300 inmates, 44 passes are available to go to the recreation yard, 8 passes are allowed to
       go the library and 8 passes are available to go to commissary. For a year and a half, inmates not fortunate enough to stand in line long enough to get a pass
       must stay locked into their housing units except for a few minutes the compound is open for them to go outdoors. The compound at YL closes at 8:44 A.M.

(11) A. At 9:30 A.M. sharp at CL the compound is open for prisoners to go to any facility they wish which is open without authorization. The compound is closed 
       at 9:40 A.M. sharp at CL.
       B. At 9:24 A.M. at YL the compound is open for the few prisoners to go to any facility which they hold authorization passes or have signed up for.
       The compound is closed at 9:30 A.M. at YL.

(12) A. At 9:45 A.M. at CL a census count (head count) is made at CL. All persons accounted for at 10:05 A.M. without incident.
        B.At 9:35 A.M. at YL a census count (head count) is made at YL. All persons accounted for at 10:00 A.M. Four prisoners were at the recreation yard
        without passes. One inmate was in the library without a pass. All five were placed in the hole for at least 4 days, some loosing privileges.

(13) A. At YL Kimball witnessed a fight break out between two inmates around 10:05 A.M., broken up by other inmates, unnoticed by BOP staff.
        B. At CL, Kimball did not witness any fights break out between inmates.

(14) A. Recall was announced at CL for lunch at 10:30 A.M. sharp and the compound was closed at 10:40 A.M
        B. Recall was announced at YL for lunch at 10:15 A.M. sharp and the compound was closed at 10:20 A.M.

(15) A. C-4 at CL being the last housing unit to eat, the last 150 prisoners were released to eat at 12:15 P.M. There was a 5-minute wait to receive our
        meal. The meal consisted of a pork chop, mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh squash, vegetable beef soup, green lettuce, cucumbers and onions,
        tomatoes, choice of 5 salad dressings, choice of 4 kinds of soda, cranberry juice, chocolate milk and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. There was
        no line outside to wait to eat and the cafeteria closed at 1:00 P.M. and was cleared by 1:15 PM
        B. 1 upper at YL being the last unit to eat, the last 300 prisoners were released to eat at 11:30 A.M. For some unknown reason the entire building
        was released to eat and both 1 upper and lower were released and about 600 prisoners went storming over to the cafeteria at one time. The lines
        were very long outside the cafeteria in almost 100-degreeheat. It took about 20 minutes having to stand in the hot sun for some inmates to get inside
       and then another 10 minutes to get their food.. Inmates suffered that day especially the handicapped. Kimball was close to last in line as he refused to
       race, push, shove and cut in front of prisoners to get his food. By the time Kimball got his food it was about 30 minutes. The meal consisted of a
       fish patty which was cold, rice which was all clumped up stuck together, a stale hamburger bun, tarter sauce except there was none left, vegetable
       soup which was all gone, a few pieces of leaf lettuce without salad dressing as it was all gone. Dessert consisted of vanilla pudding which was all
       gone, 2 pieces of stale cake without frosting and a choice of cool-aid or water without ice as all the ice was gone. The cafeteria closed at 12:00 noon
       and was cleared by 12:10 P.M.

(16) A. After lunch at CL a prisoner has use of any facility that is open without authorization until 3:30 P.M. The compound was closed at 1:15 P.M. at CL.
        B. After lunch at YL a prisoner has use of any facility that is open without permission until 1:30 P.M. The compound was closed at 12:35 P.M. at YL.

(17) A. As lunch was being served at YL, Kimball saw an inmate collapse on the floor of the cafeteria. The Health Services Administrator (HSA), Ms. Sullivan,
       was standing over the inmate doing absolutely nothing. After a few minutes of the HSA doing nothing, a concerned BOP staff officer took his jacket off 
       and placed it under the inmate's head as the inmate appeared to be having a convulsion hitting his head on the cement floor. A few minutes later a        Physician's Assistant (PA) arrived and the inmate was taken to Yazoo medical department.
       B. While lunch was being served at CL an inmate was very ill unable to walk by himself. Kimball alerted a BOP officer who in turn alerted Coleman 
       medical. Both Kimball and the officer helped the inmate out of the cafeteria. By the time the inmate was outside which took about 2 minutes a medical 
       cart was there waiting to take the inmate to Coleman medical.

(18) A. At YL while lunch was being served a BOP staff officer named Holland refused to allow a blind inmate access to eat lunch through the handicapped        entrance to the cafeteria. Holland told the blind inmate he must enter the cafeteria for his lunch via the regular inmate entrance. There were at least
       150 inmates in line as the line continued about 100 feet outside the cafeteria, while the outside temperature was in the high 90s. The blind inmate would have
       had to wait 20 to 30 minutes in line to receive his food. Needless to say the blind prisoner did not eat lunch that day.
       B. At CL that incident with the blind inmate would have never taken place merely because the inmate lines for lunch, dinner or breakfast are short with a
       very short waiting period due to the non-punishment administrative operation of CL prison under the control of regional Director R. E. Holt.

(19) A. At YL just prior to 1:30 P.M. inmates stood in line hoping to secure a commissary or library pass. An inmate at YL cannot acquire a pass to go to the
        library at 1:30 P.M. and then to the commissary at 2:30 P.M. YL will not give out two passes to any inmate at one time. YL does not allow enough time 
        for any inmate to leave one YL facility return to his housing unit to secure another pass and go to a different facility.
        B. At CL an inmate does not need a pass and can proceed from one facility to another without any pass. An inmate can go to the library at 1:30 P.M. 
        and then to the commissary at 2:30 P.M. without any problem.

(20) A. At 1:30 P.M. sharp, CL opened its compound for inmates to proceed to any facility without authorization passes, and closed the compound at 1:40 P.M.
        B. At 1:36 P.M. YL opened its compound for inmates holding authorization passes to proceed to the library or commissary and closed its compound at
        1:44 P.M.

(21) A. While at the library an inmate advised Kimball, as many inmates have, about his experience with YL medical. Kimball was advised by this inmate he had a
        prolonged serious medical problem that had degenerated to almost immobilizing him before YL medical would take him out for his needed surgery.
        The inmate had a long stay in the hospital with his obvious life-threatening condition. During his over 1 week stay in the hospital his legs were chained at all
        times. YL refused to allow him visits, telephone calls or to even write his family to advise them he was in the hospital in serious medical condition.
        No member of his housing unit team came to visit with him nor did anyone from YL prison come to visit him while he was in the hospital. The only people who         were employed by the BOP that saw this inmate were the two BOP guards, 24 hours a day, that made sure this inmate did not escape. When his family
        tried to contact YL to find out why they had not heard from this prisoner, YL refused to provide any information. Upon investigation it was discussed
        that this inmate was at YL for his 1 stcriminal conviction and had less than one year to serve on his sentence. He should have been at a BOP camp which
        has no fences and allows inmate furloughs for medical treatment without any security guards required. This inmate was advised by the two BOP guards,
        they receive $32.00 per hour each for guarding him. YL paid 2 guards to needlessly guard this inmate, $1,536.00 per day, equaling $10,752.00 per week for         his few weeks' stay in the hospital; notwithstanding the hospital expenses of an extended stay due to the neglect by the medical staff at YL. Kimball has a
       sworn Declaration regarding what transpired with this inmate.
       B. At CL Kimball was advised by inmates regarding their hospital stay that telephone calls, letter writing was permitted along with limited visitation.

(22) A. At 2:30 P.M. sharp, CL opened its compound for inmates to proceed to whichever facility they wish without authorization and closed the compound
       at 2:40 P.M.
       B. At 2:25 P.M. YL opened its compound for inmates to proceed to whichever facility inmates were able to secure authorization for and the compound 
       closed at 3:35 P.M.

(23) A. At 3:30 P.M. CL had a recall of all inmates to their housing units for a head count.
        B. At 3:18 P.M. YL has a recall for all inmates to their housing units for a head count.

(24) A. At 4:55 P.M. CL announced a 5-minute open compound for any inmate who wants to proceed to the recreation yard.
        B. At 4:45 P.M. YL did not make any announcement to any inmate that the compound was open for 5-minutes for inmates to proceed to the recreation
        facility. Many inmates that wanted to go could not go because they were not informed. This type of not announcing open compound for inmates to go
        from one place to another is commonplace at YL and is virtuallynon-existent at CL.

(25) A. At 5:15 P.M. YL announces the first inmates who have visits. YL forces the inmates to wear a T-shirt and a button down shirt to visits in the over
        90-degree heat, and has visitation only Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday.
        B. CL announced its visitation at 1:00 P.M. while allowing inmates to wear T-shirts only to visits due to the extreme heat. CL has visits 5 full days
        a week.

(26) A. At YL because Kimball's unit was the last unit to be called 300 inmates are released for dinner at 5:45 P.M. As the 300 inmates rush over for dinner,
        which is deplorable, an announcement comes over the compound PA system, cafeteria closes in 10 minutes. At 6:05 P.M. the cafeteria is closed and
        cleared by 6:20 P.M
        B. At CL because Kimball's unit was the last to be called, 150 inmates are released for dinner at 6:30 P.M for a respectable well-balanced dinner.
        CL closed the cafeteria at 7:00 P.M. and was cleared by 7:15 P.M.

(27) A. After dinner at YL the inmates are free to move around the compound to go to the facility of their choosing until 7:00 P.M. when the compound is
       closed to all inmate movement.
       B. After dinner at CL the inmates are free to move around the compound to go to the facility of their choosing until 8:30 P.M. when the compound
        is closed to all inmate movement.

(28) A. YL opens its compound at 8:00 P.M. for inmate movement for 10 minutes, only on this day no announcement is made. About 500 inmates are
        herded to exit the 3-foot gate at recreation. A search of each inmate has been ordered that exits the recreation yard. A fight between inmates had
        occurred earlier in a housing unit. It took Kimball 45 minutes to exit the recreation yard. Searches leaving housing units and the recreation yard has
        happened a number of times since Kimball had been at YP.
        B. At CL the compound is already open; no 10-minute inmate movement exists there at 8:00 P.M. The 8-foot gate is always open for inmates to
        enter and exit at their discretion. Kimball had never witnessed mass searches of inmates at CL because there were none all the time Kimball was
        present at CL.

(29) At 8:30 the compound at YL and CL are closed to inmate movement.

(30) A. At 9:00 P.M. at CL there is a head count which is announced over the PA system. All inmates in the housing units are counted wherever they
        happen to be within each housing unit at 9:00 P.M. There is always quiet before, during and after the head count at CL.
        B. At 9:00 P.M. at YL an officer screams out at least 4 or 5 times "Count Time". The noise in the housing units at YL is so loud at times an
        inmate cannot speak to another inmate standing next to him without yelling. All inmates must leave their card games, showers, TV movies and
        go directly to their sleeping areas to be counted. This process takes about 20 minutes. The noise after count returns to mostly constant screaming.

(31) At YL for the most part during the evening it is almost impossible to watch any TV due to the fact the inmates in the TV room are allowed to scream
       and yell. This screaming and yelling is allowed to continue throughout the night. There is no quiet for the most part during any evening in any of the
        housing units at YL, except for the sweat shop UNICOR employee housing units. While at CL there was quiet at all times for the most part in all units.
       Watching TV, reading a book and playing cards was not a problem at CL, where doing the same at YL was next to impossible.

(32) A. At CL lights are out at 10:00 P.M. and most inmates go to bed. A BOP officer is stationed at a counter in the front of the dorm and can hear and
       see what is going on all night.
        B. At YL lights are out at 10:00 P.M. and few inmates go to bed. The few that do must tolerate the continued noise, yelling and screaming throughout
        the night, while tolerating the very uncomfortable steel bed.

This comparison of Yazoo Low Security Punishment Prison with Coleman Low and Medium Security non-punishment prisons was taken from actual events that transpired at these prisons during the years of 2,000 at CL, CM and 2003 at YL.

Kimball was advised that a riot occurred at YL punishment prison a few years ago. Kimball had met one of the prisoners that was involved in that riot who spent 16 months in the hole.

Most recently at YL a group of inmates approached Kimball to write up a class action administrative request to the BOP. The idea of the class action legal remedy request from 150 prisoners was if the BOP refused to address the request a legitimate class action law suit would be filed in Federal Court.

The prisoners wanted only what the law provides for, and what the BOP refuses to adhere to in their operations at Yazoo prison. The inmates in total frustration wanted the following: noscreaming and yelling in the housing units, no noise at all in the TV rooms, no alcohol, drugs, or profanity within their housing unit and all agreed they would not participate in any of the above.

As a housing unit consists of 150 people, these 150 prisoners wanted one housing unit out of the twelve at YL, to be operated in this fashion and according to the law. The 150 inmates firmly believed that being subject to the above, constituted cruel and abusive treatment and not what they were sentenced to endure. That made perfect sense.

Prior to writing up of the request and securing the 150 signatures many prisoners consulted with BOP staff and inmates about filing a class action administrative remedy.

The reply from BOP staff members was everyone would be placed in the hole for up to 90 days for investigation of inciting a riot. Other inmates transferred to Yazoo from other prisons reflected instances where the BOP did exactly that to the prisoners that participated in such a group request. Much worse happened to some of them.

Needless to say the class action remedy was never filed, as no one wanted any further torture at the hands of the BOP.

It is understandable that such a riot took place at Yazoo prison which could easily take place again, being run as it is, under the direction of R. E. Holt. It's obvious the BOP Central Office in Washington condones Holt's running of his punishment prison in Yazoo.

Most Recently

Legal Action STOPPED By Personnel At Yazoo:

Robert Treadway who had been convicted wrongly; then; been the subject of attempted murder by the BOP at Yazoo; being disfigured the rest of his life. Treadway attempted to file legal action against the BOP in the form of his legal rights under the Prison Legal Reform Act.

Under the Prison Legal Reform Act (PLRA) before Treadway can file a legal action in court against the BOP, "he must" file a complaint to the BOP in the form of requests, called Administrative Remedies. The legislature and the courts have refused to allow any legal action; even for attempted murder, to be brought against the Government, unless these time consuming BOP Administrative Remedies are followed.

The BOP whitewashes all legitimate administrative remedy's requests by prisoners and does their very best to stop them from ever getting to court. This is discussed in depth under the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) located at the top of this page - then under #8 and #9.

Treadway was also the subject of attempted murder by BOP staff at Yazoo. Return to the first page of this link and click on Victims Of The Torture And Death Camps then click on #4 Robert Treadway.

Prisoner Treadway was starting his well justified legal action against the BOP and Counselor Williams for deliberate discrimination directly after the attempt on Treadway's life. According to Treadway this same counselor Williams played an additional role, by deliberately placing his life in extreme danger twice.

When Treadway gave his administrative remedies to a BOP staff member to process; this particular staff member refused to process Treadway's remedy and held the paperwork for months, violating Treadway's constitutional right to due process of law. This also is commonplace and widespread throughout the BOP. This is well depicted under the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and under Lawless Authority located at the top of this page.

However in this instance, Treadway and associates of this websitehold the names of all the BOP staff involved, including the witnesses to what had been done. These names are currently held confidential pending legal action. They may be released on a need to know basis for verification purposes.

Not only had Treadway been wrongly imprisoned,
tortured and discriminated against more of his
constitutional rights had been ELIMINATED by the BOP.

John Herring, BOP #27157-034 was "deliberately, wrongly" placed in the hole on March 7, 2004. Ms. Janise Hinson, PHD, a psychologist for the BOP, ordered prisoner Herring placed in the hole, by writing a totally unjustified incident report which was knowingly untrue.

So much for the intelligence of the people hired by the BOP to psycho-analyzeprisoners within the BOP.

Everyday a sheet is placed on a bulletin board in each prisoner housing unit. This sheet advises each prisoner if a BOP staff member wants to see them, and if so, at what time. The BOP calls this sheet, a "Call Out Sheet."

Prisoner Herring had a call out for chapel choir 12:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M., which is the normal hours for the chapel choir to rehearse.

Dr. Hinson had additionally placed prisoner Herring on the call out sheet for 2:30 P.M. that same afternoon. At 2:30 P.M. prisoner Herring was at choir practice. All Dr. Hinson had to do when Mr. Herring didn't show up was look at her daily call out sheet, and see that prisoner Herring was at choir rehearsal, which she said, she did. Mr. Herring has, as does Kimball's associates, the incident report that psychologist Hinson wrote; "there were no conflicting call outs", which was untrue. Notwithstanding the chapel is right next to her psychology office and she could hear the singing. Or, if Dr. Hinson had actually read the call out sheet, and saw Mr. Herring's name on; was to pick up a telephone or walk next door to see if Mr. Herring was in the chapel. Even an extremely unintelligent PHD could figure that out. However, psychologist Hinson chose to put prisoner Herring in the hole stating there was not any conflicting call outs, and Mr. Herring's absence was unexcused.

Mr. Herring that evening was called to see Lt. Piersall who has the authority to over-ride Herring's placement in the hole, if he determined that Herring's placement in the hole wasn't justified.

Lt. Piersall read Dr. Hinson's untruthful incident report which stated; there were no conflicting call outs, to prisoner Herring. Mr. Herring advised Lt. Piersall that there was a conflicting call out; that he was at choir practice from 12:30 to 3:30 P.M.; and if he would take a second and check the call out sheet he would find that Dr. Hinson was incorrect.

Lt. Piersall wasn't going to do anything, or look at anything but place prisoner Herring in the hole, which he immediately did.

A few hours later Lt. Piersall visited Mr. Herring in the hole and advised prisoner Herring that Captain Williams ordered him (Lt. Piersall) to put Herring in the hole.

That's BOP justice at Yazoo
punishment prison.

Summary

There is not a question that Yazoo disciplinary torture and death camp is one of the worst prisons within the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). YL violates a prisoner's constitutional rights most every hour of the day while blatantly violating the law, rules, regulations, and BOP policy every hour of the day.

Review: The Names Of A "Very" Few "Known" People Involved In The Operation
Of These Torture And Death Camps And Those People That Condone Them.

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