The Master Decision (part 2) “Eliminating Negative Emotions,” by Brian Matthews
Brian Matthews DOC #796769
The Master Decision (part 1), by Brian Matthews
Brian Matthews DOC #796769
WASHINGTON PRISONER SETTLES SUIT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL AND D.O.C. FOR $2,500–PRISONER AGREES NOT TO SUE FOR ONE YEAR, Brian Matthews
Song Pick: Killing in the Name of — by Rage Against the Machine Just in case you haven’t gotten bored with reading about the repeated violations of the State public disclosure laws by the Washington D.O.C. in my blogs below, I figured it would be appropriate to inform you […]
WASHINGTON TOWN OF STARBUCK VIOLATES THE STATE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE LAW FOR 46-CONSECUTIVE YEARS, by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: ”Call Me” by Blondie You know the old saying: If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. I wonder: does that statement apply to the State and Local agencies in Washington as it pertains to violations of the State Public Records Act (PRA)? Apparently not. […]
STATE PRISONER ASSISTS ANOTHER PRISONER DURING SEIZURE WHILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER STOOD AROUND WATCHING, by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins Do you remember reading my blog a few posts back whereby I addressed the issue of every correctional officer not being a bad person? [See my post from 11 December2107] Well, that same premise also applies to prisoners serving time in the Washington […]
WASHINGTON DOC VIOLATES PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, AGAIN; PRISONER FILES ANOTHER LAWSUIT. By Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Middle of the Road” by The Pretenders As a Washington prisoner, sometimes the only way for us to properly exercise our rights to appeal our criminal convictions and sentences are with the use of the State’s Public Records Act (PRA). Whenever we file an appeal, or […]
WASHINGTON ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL LIES TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TO COVER UP DOC’S CRIMES; BAR COMPLAINT ENSUES. (Part 1) By: Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds In my opinion: As vociferous as I may be about DOC’s criminal regime, there’s more to my articles than just me writing about the underlying event and getting a Court to agree with me. What I have yet […]
PRISONER SUES WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE FOR VIOLATING STATE LAW. By: Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Talking In Your Sleep” by The Romantics How back-asswards is the State of Washington, you ask? Put it this way; when the very people charged with making the laws don’t even know how to read the very laws they make, then it’s safe to say that […]
WASHINGT0N STATE FAILED NATIONAL PUBLIC RECORDS INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION. By: Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Don’t you want me” by The Human League I sometimes hear from DOC staff that I’m just a whiney-poo prisoner whom over-criticizes DOC for no reason. For any skeptics that might take issue with my criticism of DOC and other State agencies’ lack of integrity when […]
PRISONER FILES ANOTHER LAWSUIT AGAINST WASHINGTON DOC OVER ACCESS TO RECORDS. By: Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Voices Carry” by ‘Til Tuesday. I heard something of the following syllogism somewhere along the way: “A reasonable person adapts himself to his environment, and the unreasonable person attempts to adapt his environment to himself. Because all human progress is a result of mankind adapting his […]
WASHINGTON DOC PAYS $9,000 TO PRISONER OVER ONE KITE. by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Electric Avenue” by Eddie Grant In something akin to a heroic fable, one prisoner in Washington State is holding DOC accountable to the law. Brian Matthews (surprise, it’s me) made a public records request to the Washington DOC (WDOC) for a copy of a kite I […]
WASHINGTON DOC PAYS PRISONER $7,645.79 FOR RETALIATION LAWSUIT. by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Rock Me Amadeus” by Falco In Washington’s prisons, the level of unprofessional disrespect prisoners receive from prison staff for practicing their First-Amendment-protected law-related activities is absurd. Although there are very clear laws prohibiting retaliation for exercising the very few civil rights prisoners have while incarcerated, […]
WASHINGTON DOC SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH PRISONER AFTER UNLAWFULLY DENYING HIM ACCESS TO HIS MEDICAL RECORDS, by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Africa” by Toto. “Washington’s prisons are notorious for their unethical, immoral lack of treatment of their prisoners’ health, and court records show that the previous DOC chief medical officer (Steven Hammond) has been sued a reported 166 times–in the federal courts alone–since 2007 for his draconian […]
WASHINGTON DOC LOSES LAWSUIT AGAINST PRISONER FOR CONCEALING RECORDS By: Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Victim of Change” by Judas Priest ” What do you do if the largest State agency (DOC) intentionally hides your own records from you and then tries to bully you around in Court using the second largest State agency (and ostensibly the State’s largest law […]
WASHINGTON STATE TREASURER EXCELLS AT COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC RECORDS LAW by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Connected” by Stereo MCs” “Where a lot of State agencies have seemingly shirked their duties to respond to and fulfill public records requests, one State agency has proven to be above par under Washington State’s Public Records Act (PRA). The Washington State Treasurer is […]
PRISON COUNSELOR AT STAFFORD CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER DESERVES RECOGNITION FOR HIS SUPERIOR PROFESSIONALISM, by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Knock ’em Dead, Kid” by Motley Crue” I admit that I’m very critical against DOC, and in my opinion my criticism is well founded. But as evinced heretofore, I don’t only criticize, but also compliment. There are some (very few) positive aspects of DOC which […]
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL PAYS PRISONER $800 FOR INACCURATE CRIMINAL RECORDS by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Abracadabra” by Steve Miller Band In my opinion: Did you know that State Criminal Justice Agencies are required to keep accurate criminal records, and that if they don’t then they break State law? Or that if they refuse to fix inaccuracies in the records upon written […]
NOT EVERY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IS A BAD PERSON by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Piece of your action” by Motley Crue As much as I can write about the corruption and bureaucratocracy (yeah, I just made the word up, so what) of the DOC, I can also write about the hard-working, responsible, respectful and respectable correctional officers upon whose backs […]
ATTENTION DOC: EMAIL PUBLISHINGS ARE PROTECTED WRITINGS UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Cars” by Gary Numan. Big Brother is watching. Or more to the point, Big Brother is reading. They’re reading all the incoming and outgoing email writings that prisoners are publishing, and they don’t like it. What they don’t like about it is that the some of […]
OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID, AND INEPTLY TRAINED, SCCC MAILROOM STAFF APPARENTLY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING. by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Part-time lover” by Stevie Wonder Just when you think that DOC personnel couldn’t get any more obtuse…. As if to prove my point to a “T,” SCCC mailroom personnel censored my latest outgoing email which criticized the DOC for their criminal activity. The censored mail consisted […]
MAILROOM AT WASHNGTON PRISON CATEGORICALLY REJECTS INCOMING PUBLICATIONS FROM A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. by Brian Mathews
Song Pick: “Zombie” by The Cranberrys In one of the most egregious cases of arbitrary and capricious State agency action I’ve ever personally caught wind of, the Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) in Aberdeen, Washington, is showing just how despotic it can be with its prisoners. A number […]
WASHINGTON DOC EXPUNGES PRISONER’S MAJOR INFRACTION AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS. by Brian Matthews
Song Pick: “Paul Revere” by Beastie Boys Have you ever heard the saying: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”? So what do you do if you’re a prisoner and the prison officials are intentionally violating your constitutional rights? You stand up for yourself and […]
EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE PRISON GUARD CONTINUES MORONIC ANTICS by Brian Matthews
By: Brian Matthews, #796769 Song Pick: “The Rain” by Oran “Juice” Jones My last blog entry was about Corey Evans (actual name), an emotionally unstable (my opinion) correctional officer who works at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center. Popular opinion is that this wierdo has, like, serious issues, and–literally–nobody […]
ANNOUNCING BRIAN MATTHEWS AS AN INMATE BLOGGER
By: Brian Matthews, #796769 Song Pick: “West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys Hello!! I am pleased to announce my entry into the Inmate Blogger roster. Who’da thought to bring us all together in one forum like this but the geniuses behind Inmate Blogger, huh? Thanks, Inmate Blogger, […]
EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE PRISON GUARDS’ ATTEMPTED RETALIATION BACKFIRES by Brian Matthews
Funny story, and true: 21 August. I just came back to my prison living unit from our four star dining at Stafford Creek Corrections Center, and by four star I’m referencing the old “Six Star” novelty stores whereby one could buy candy that had been on the shelf […]
IF THEY VIOLATE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, SUE ‘EM!
When you’re a prisoner and you litigate against prison officials, you tend to get a lot of flack from those in charge. That is to say, their attitude seems to be “how dare you stand up for yourself and enforce your rights”? And the usual first reaction from […]
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