Ch. 29 - The Weaponization of Reporters Against LHS Offenders, Pt. 2
Just going to talk about a few stories I know about here...
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I know a former guard by the name of Doug Curtis became a lobbyist for the AFSCME early in the scandal and that Curtis, along with the AFSCME seemed to be intent on blaming the staff at Lincoln Hills’ behavior on the Act Ten legislation imposed by Governor Walker. (Badger) (Moberg)
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I know a few former librarians at LHS banged the lack of education drum. (Stein)
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I know the former psychologist Vincent Ramos made fun of a little girls breasts and jumped on his bed in his underwear at an employee hotel conference. (Marley, et. al.) (Kyle)
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I know the American Psychological Association put Lincoln Hills School’s psych credentials on probation status and then gave them fully back, because I was in contact with the APA over the misuse of the APA’s credentials at the exact time when said credentials were downgraded. (Kyle)
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I know how the staff at Lincoln Hills literally tried to blame one kid by the name of Austin Lashbrook for twenty years worth of gas abuse at LHS. I know this because the staff at LHS is quoted in a major paper where in it was alleged that Lashbrook was solely responsible for “90% of the paperwork, batteries and riots that occurred” at the LHS. (Marley) Of course, the allegations against Lashbrook came after his mother Angie Goss took her son’s story to the local press following the breaking of the scandal. (Vetter) His mom is my Facebook friend. Keep your head up!
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I know about the possible framing of former LHS staffer Chad Mauk, who was seemingly the only staffer to step forward in the beginning with concern. Mauk was arrested for child abuse at the beginning of the scandal but in a seperate incident not related to Lincoln Hills. Mauks situation maybe perplex and I have no judgement, though being judgemental is a trait one can learn from being mass incarcerated. Offenders and former inmates learn to judge like they were judged themselves. 100.
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I know at one point a daily log of all the bad stuff the kids at Lincoln Hills did was published in a local media outlet in the Lincoln Hills area. (Davies)
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I know there have allegedly been a few riots at LHS and that one of the so called riots featured four kids that allegedly jumped on top of the cottage roofs with sticks. (Davies) (Marley) I just am not so quick to believe it, because the State of Wisconsin has repeatedly tried to justify the gas abuse at LHS, rather than take accountability for what has happened and so these assertions to me seem a bit coincidental. I mean these kids are being held accountable with gas and the administrator of the gas absolutely refuses to take responsibility for administering it, because it is not politically appealing or legally savvy. Seems like we can learn some life lessons here. Eichmann!
That all said, kids will fight the staff at Lincoln Hills and weaponized reporting has been directed toward the staff as well as inmates and I think with all that going on that it may be time to shut the doors on the Lincoln Hills juvenile prison and try a different approach.