It pissed me off as well. Especially because I spoke with him on numerous occasions during his incarceration (he was housed in maximum security in the Pinellas County Jail.... Where I was a Detention Deputy...I've since left that sunken place). I knew J6 was a huge coverup, but where he was housed in my facility was 1,000% proof that he was a political prisoner. On any other day of the week, month, or year, classification could not house an inmate with misdemeanor charges in maximum security housing... But there he was and in the worse pods in maximum security. To add insult to injury, we had minimum security federal inmate housing (which he was classified as) but they never moved him until his last few months in my facility.
They (federal government) wanted him to suffer and probably hoped that he would get seriously injured or worse, if he did not recant his defense. I always told him that I was in his corner and would use his story and circumstances to tell others the truth about our government. To be honest, I was already hating my career choice (11 years as a Detention Deputy) but that was one of the final straws for me. I knew we had a contract for federal inmate housing, but they still had to work within the framework of our classification system. Once I saw where he was housed, I believed that my former agency was in on it.
Fascinating read. Thanks for sharing your experience. And I'm sure he appreciates you more than you will ever know for having his back and providing him comfort when the nation he defended let him down.
It pissed me off as well. Especially because I spoke with him on numerous occasions during his incarceration (he was housed in maximum security in the Pinellas County Jail.... Where I was a Detention Deputy...I've since left that sunken place). I knew J6 was a huge coverup, but where he was housed in my facility was 1,000% proof that he was a political prisoner. On any other day of the week, month, or year, classification could not house an inmate with misdemeanor charges in maximum security housing... But there he was and in the worse pods in maximum security. To add insult to injury, we had minimum security federal inmate housing (which he was classified as) but they never moved him until his last few months in my facility.
They (federal government) wanted him to suffer and probably hoped that he would get seriously injured or worse, if he did not recant his defense. I always told him that I was in his corner and would use his story and circumstances to tell others the truth about our government. To be honest, I was already hating my career choice (11 years as a Detention Deputy) but that was one of the final straws for me. I knew we had a contract for federal inmate housing, but they still had to work within the framework of our classification system. Once I saw where he was housed, I believed that my former agency was in on it.
Fascinating read. Thanks for sharing your experience. And I'm sure he appreciates you more than you will ever know for having his back and providing him comfort when the nation he defended let him down.