THANKSGIVING PRAISES, KARLA'S HOME
By Wesley W. Hoyt
Modern political thinking focuses on what is politically correct. Image is more important than substance. “How will this make me look?” seems to be the question rather than, “Is this, the right thing to do?” Have we lost our moral compass?
Sen. Crapo reversed this trend recently when he supported the bid of an Idaho County resident, Karla Fuller, for a compassionate release from the US Bureau of Prisons.
Karla came home Saturday, after years of inhumane treatment at the hands of unfeeling overlords who insisted she stay, even after the cancer they gave her had metastasized. You see, Karla, like many of us, made a mistake. While living in Wyoming she became involved in drugs. But she admitted her mistake and even helped catch the guilty parties who were running the Meth lab. Supposedly, cooperation would reduce her sentence. However in spite of her help she received the maximum sentence and a little more.
Because she was healthy when she went into prison, she was sent to the Women’s Correctional Facility in Victorville, California. There she was assigned to work in the water quality plant, where the prisoners had to drink and bathe in water contaminated with jet fuel. Jet fuel is a known carcinogen which produces a horrifying form of cancer called Astrocytoma, a particularly aggressive tumor building disease that often grows on the spine–as it did in Karla’s case.
Without support from her family, her community and Sen. Crapo, she would have been totally without treatment and forgotten in the bowels of the Prison Industry–like so many other women whose families have abandoned them because of the shame they feel at being related to a convict. Well, get a life people, each of us are less than three degrees of separation from a convicted felon; and with all the new laws to violate, each one of us may become a victim of the current madness to fill up the penitentiaries with bodies so the Prison Industry can make more money. Remember, once they get you it is almost impossible to get out of their clutches because they need the money. It is like a nightmare of body snatchers where innocent or hapless people are often the victims.
So it was with Karla. After the cancer (she contracted at Victorville) attacked her mobility, she was sent to the Women’s Health Care Facility at Carswell Texas (near Ft. Worth). There she witnessed unbelievable abuse by staff that had absolute power over the inmates. Understand, there is no investigation of the sexual abuse and murder–which takes place in that facility because it would make these overlords look bad.
Did you know that the U.S. BOP takes out a life insurance policy on each of its inmates? How motivated do you suppose they are to provide help to those in need? Only if someone has a family that advocates for them are they likely to receive decent treatment.
The descriptions of Carswell are ghoulish: the Fifth floor is filled with living skeletons of women in wheelchairs unable to travel to the first floor to get food or medicine because the elevators do not work, and the staff won’t assist. You see, "First floor" is the only cafeteria, and it is only open between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m.–good luck if ya wanna eat.
After my limited investigation, I found a kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy enabling the staff to victimize inmates every day. Mainstream media will not report on these things because it would make the government look bad, and the media has covenanted not to publish anything that would tarnish the image of the U.S. Government. When the wicked rule, the people mourn. For we wrestle against wickedness in high places. So the BOP gets away with it until the people show that they are interested in how their fellow beings are being treated in prison. Thus, when corruption is exposed, people start demanding answers; then change happens.
In Karla’s case, the demands by family, friends and Sen. Crapo’s office changed things. When she was scheduled 60 days out for radiation to shrink fast growing tumors, the pressure caused them to give her treatment the next week–demands worked. Time after time, it was the exposure of improprieties and pressure from the outside that caused the U.S. BOP to back down and do the right thing.
Let us each be thankful for the freedoms we enjoy at this season of the year. America is the best place in the world to live, and we need to hold our leaders accountable so that it will continue to be so. And while we are at it let’s try to find time to support those individuals who are caught in the prison system. If we view them as lost children who may need correction, and we agree that no matter what they’ve done, they do not deserve inhumane treatment, the world will be a better place.
If you know of someone who is suffering at the hands of the elite who run the U.S. Prison Industry, send a letter, or make a call to your senator or congressman. Tell them the current conditions make all Americans look bad. Ask your representatives what they are going to do about it. Who knows, you may inspire a change for the better in these perilous times
Wes Hoyt, a former prosecuting attorney in Idaho County, Idaho, has a multi-state law practice and engaging in protection of individual rights. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Karla came home Saturday, after years of inhumane treatment at the hands of unfeeling overlords who insisted she stay, even after the cancer they gave her had metastasized. You see, Karla, like many of us, made a mistake. While living in Wyoming she became involved in drugs. But she admitted her mistake and even helped catch the guilty parties who were running the Meth lab. Supposedly, cooperation would reduce her sentence. However in spite of her help she received the maximum sentence and a little more.
Because she was healthy when she went into prison, she was sent to the Women’s Correctional Facility in Victorville, California. There she was assigned to work in the water quality plant, where the prisoners had to drink and bathe in water contaminated with jet fuel. Jet fuel is a known carcinogen which produces a horrifying form of cancer called Astrocytoma, a particularly aggressive tumor building disease that often grows on the spine–as it did in Karla’s case.
Without support from her family, her community and Sen. Crapo, she would have been totally without treatment and forgotten in the bowels of the Prison Industry–like so many other women whose families have abandoned them because of the shame they feel at being related to a convict. Well, get a life people, each of us are less than three degrees of separation from a convicted felon; and with all the new laws to violate, each one of us may become a victim of the current madness to fill up the penitentiaries with bodies so the Prison Industry can make more money. Remember, once they get you it is almost impossible to get out of their clutches because they need the money. It is like a nightmare of body snatchers where innocent or hapless people are often the victims.
So it was with Karla. After the cancer (she contracted at Victorville) attacked her mobility, she was sent to the Women’s Health Care Facility at Carswell Texas (near Ft. Worth). There she witnessed unbelievable abuse by staff that had absolute power over the inmates. Understand, there is no investigation of the sexual abuse and murder–which takes place in that facility because it would make these overlords look bad.
Did you know that the U.S. BOP takes out a life insurance policy on each of its inmates? How motivated do you suppose they are to provide help to those in need? Only if someone has a family that advocates for them are they likely to receive decent treatment.
The descriptions of Carswell are ghoulish: the Fifth floor is filled with living skeletons of women in wheelchairs unable to travel to the first floor to get food or medicine because the elevators do not work, and the staff won’t assist. You see, "First floor" is the only cafeteria, and it is only open between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m.–good luck if ya wanna eat.
After my limited investigation, I found a kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy enabling the staff to victimize inmates every day. Mainstream media will not report on these things because it would make the government look bad, and the media has covenanted not to publish anything that would tarnish the image of the U.S. Government. When the wicked rule, the people mourn. For we wrestle against wickedness in high places. So the BOP gets away with it until the people show that they are interested in how their fellow beings are being treated in prison. Thus, when corruption is exposed, people start demanding answers; then change happens.
In Karla’s case, the demands by family, friends and Sen. Crapo’s office changed things. When she was scheduled 60 days out for radiation to shrink fast growing tumors, the pressure caused them to give her treatment the next week–demands worked. Time after time, it was the exposure of improprieties and pressure from the outside that caused the U.S. BOP to back down and do the right thing.
Let us each be thankful for the freedoms we enjoy at this season of the year. America is the best place in the world to live, and we need to hold our leaders accountable so that it will continue to be so. And while we are at it let’s try to find time to support those individuals who are caught in the prison system. If we view them as lost children who may need correction, and we agree that no matter what they’ve done, they do not deserve inhumane treatment, the world will be a better place.
If you know of someone who is suffering at the hands of the elite who run the U.S. Prison Industry, send a letter, or make a call to your senator or congressman. Tell them the current conditions make all Americans look bad. Ask your representatives what they are going to do about it. Who knows, you may inspire a change for the better in these perilous times
Wes Hoyt, a former prosecuting attorney in Idaho County, Idaho, has a multi-state law practice and engaging in protection of individual rights. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .