Comments on: Prison Passover Lawsuit: Jewish Inmate Claims Retaliation for Demanding Equal Treatment http://jonathanturley.org/2008/04/11/prison-passover-lawsuit-jewish-inmate-claims-retaliation-for-demanding-equal-treatment/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Susan http://jonathanturley.org/2008/04/11/prison-passover-lawsuit-jewish-inmate-claims-retaliation-for-demanding-equal-treatment/#comment-10944 Susan Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:30:57 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1515#comment-10944 JT, from what I have read, this kind of petty spite by prison officials toward inmates is typical behavior for them. To put it bluntly, most of them don't like inmates to begin with, and they REALLY don't like it when inmates challenge the prison authority on anything, even something so harmless as offering Jewish food items in the prison commissary. They like it even less when an inmate is successful in that challenge. Basically, there are two types of people in the prison industries; humanitarians and punishers. Humanitarians are the people who do their jobs the best they can, and although they uphold the rules, they try to be fair as often as possible. Punishers are just the opposite, and I'll let it go at that. This kind of retaliation, reducing the number of items that Jewish inmates can purchase in their commissaries or canteens, is typical of what I call the punisher mentality. It is spiteful and frankly, unnecessary. Unfortunately, it is also quite common. JT, from what I have read, this kind of petty spite by prison officials toward inmates is typical behavior for them. To put it bluntly, most of them don’t like inmates to begin with, and they REALLY don’t like it when inmates challenge the prison authority on anything, even something so harmless as offering Jewish food items in the prison commissary. They like it even less when an inmate is successful in that challenge.

Basically, there are two types of people in the prison industries; humanitarians and punishers. Humanitarians are the people who do their jobs the best they can, and although they uphold the rules, they try to be fair as often as possible. Punishers are just the opposite, and I’ll let it go at that. This kind of retaliation, reducing the number of items that Jewish inmates can purchase in their commissaries or canteens, is typical of what I call the punisher mentality. It is spiteful and frankly, unnecessary. Unfortunately, it is also quite common.

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