The sight-impaired and legally blind Native American prisoner, whom I had been assigned to help and guide, was transferred to another prison...
He left more than a week ago, and now I've been assigned to two different men. I have an alternating schedule, which means that on some days of each week I am assigned to one particular inmate, while on other days I'm assigned to someone else.
I miss my Indian friend. I wrote about him in my journal for May 5th in a piece called "Bitterness." He's been incarcerated for many years, and he is a Vietnam veteran, too. My friend also suffers from Agent Orange poisoning because of his exposure to this chemical defoliant during his military tour in Vietnam. As a result of the exposure, he developed a serious skin problem, and I often had to take him to the prison's Infirmary for treatments.
His bitterness, however, drove him to continuous complaining. When he was here, he battled the facility's administration by filing all kinds of grievances, and he would often threaten to sue the Superintendent. I believe he already has a big lawsuit that he filed against the officials in the last facility he was in. This time, though, the staff had enough. So, he was transferred.
In a way I'm feeling relieved that he's gone because it is stressful enough doing time in a maximum security lockup, let alone having to spend several hours per day with a chronically grumpy person.
D.B.
I miss my Indian friend. I wrote about him in my journal for May 5th in a piece called "Bitterness." He's been incarcerated for many years, and he is a Vietnam veteran, too. My friend also suffers from Agent Orange poisoning because of his exposure to this chemical defoliant during his military tour in Vietnam. As a result of the exposure, he developed a serious skin problem, and I often had to take him to the prison's Infirmary for treatments.
His bitterness, however, drove him to continuous complaining. When he was here, he battled the facility's administration by filing all kinds of grievances, and he would often threaten to sue the Superintendent. I believe he already has a big lawsuit that he filed against the officials in the last facility he was in. This time, though, the staff had enough. So, he was transferred.
In a way I'm feeling relieved that he's gone because it is stressful enough doing time in a maximum security lockup, let alone having to spend several hours per day with a chronically grumpy person.
D.B.
