questionaires give full circle view
The Question we asked in our Fall newsletter was "Is the WI DOC fulfilling its mission to rehabilitate prisoners and keep the public safe?" We will use this in our legal efforts and will try to see that all who need to know the fuller stories of who we have locked up do. These questionaires also give flesh and details to the bits and pieces we get about the corruption and dysfunction in the system, The vista here is awesome.
We need help typing up these questionaires and planning how to use them .
Below are links to the questionaires that still need summing/typing.You decide what you want to do with them. If you pick one, let me know so we do not duplicate efforts.
questionares that need summing /typing:
here are the questions without the lines and spaces given
We need help typing up these questionaires and planning how to use them .
Below are links to the questionaires that still need summing/typing.You decide what you want to do with them. If you pick one, let me know so we do not duplicate efforts.
questionares that need summing /typing:
here are the questions without the lines and spaces given
QUESTIONAIRE:
To all prisoners in the WI system
We
need data on what you are given in the way of treatment, training in
preparation for release as we only have anecdotal evidence right now. Please
consider filling out this form as it will have many uses and will be widely
shared. If enough of you fill this out ,
we will have a powerful tool to use for real change. Please be honest and
include data you consider favorable as well as unfavorable. We ask you to help
if you can and add information you think we missed. Return the forms to : FFUP/
c/o peg Swan; 29631 Wild Rose Drive, Blue River, WI 53518.And thanks much to
all who help.
This
is squinched from 4 to 2+pages to fit in newsletter- please use your own paper
if needed to expand answers. Put down number you are answering if you use your
own paper. And thankyou.
1)
personal data:
name/
number/ prison /age and birth year
what
city/county did you reside before incarceration?
release
date/length of time in prison/
crime
convicted of/Date of crime for which you were convicted: are
you TIS or OL?
guilty
as charged(yes) (no)/length of sentence
given
Did
you have a private lawyer? Public defender?
Add items you think are
important but be factual and focused.
For the rest of the questions,
use more paper if you need- just write the number on the new sheet of the
question you are answering
2) support from outside:
Do
you have family or friends in touch with you- do they visit/write/ help with
funds/what difference does that make in your time in prison/ what could the
prison do to make connections with family and friends easier?
3)Support growing up. There is talk
these days that over incarceration cause crime? Do you agree? Did you have a
father at home while growing up? Was your father incarcerated? Was any other
member of your family incarcerated? Does yes or no to that question make a
difference in your prison experience? Who were your role models as you grew up?
How about gangs? Positive and negatives about gang support in your
life_
4) support on the inside: were there people within the system , either
staff or prisoners who helped you sustain yourself- or grow
5)
For the mentally ill: (diagnosis and
treatment)
What
is your diagnosis? Has your diagnosis been changed? If your diagnosis was
recently changed , from what to what- was the MH level changed. What is your
diagnosis now ? and the MH level? Was your seg status changes? Were you
transferred to another prison? Other consequences? Are you or have you been on
AC? How long have you been in solitary?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6)More
For the mentally ill: (diagnosis and
treatment): What treatment have you received. State the name and years you
received it and whether it was paper work , in person sessions with a therapist
or groups sessions. Describe a session briefly and explain if it helped. Did
the treatment help? add what you think is important. Have you requested
treatment at WRC/?What happened? Be
specific whenever you
can.___
7)more
: For the mentally ill. How was treatment you received before incarceration?
Did you have access to a mental health clinic or therapists. Describe help you
were given and by whom. Was there anyone in your family who helped you cope or
a friend? Was poverty a factor in your illness?
8)
For ALL: are you in solitary? What is
your status called? for what and what
time line? Are you on AC/ What is
conduct report or reason. Do you have documentation? Have you filed
complaints? Describe conditions.
Attempts to get out of solitary etc. all information needed.
9)
General health care_ please outline problems and good things here. Note health
care staff shortages where you have encountered them
10)
For all: Training received while in prison : what you received, when( years),
whether it was effective. IS there anything you can use once you get out? Did
you receive your GED and how was that- are you a competent reader and writer?
Are there any skills you learned that can be used once you are out? If you are
an old law prisoner when you received this training is especially important,
what training or treatment have you received since TIS was enacted? Was there
treatment or treatment you asked for that you did not receive? Why?
11)
more on training and treatment and preparation for release: books and resources
available to you, law library . free books to prisoners, This is a big one for
FFUP- what can you access to help yourself to learn and grow. Delineate some of
the good things and obstacles- IF you are motivated to get the most out of your
incarceration, what tools are available? What are the obstacles? Again, show
specific examples. Also physical well being is important- recreation and diet.
All these things are important. Be on point.
12)Release
– for those nearing release, out, or revoked
What
help is or did the parole agent or DOC give you to prepare for release and what
is offered as conditions of release:
a) Do you or did you have a place
to go with family or friends? Did the
DOC /parole approve of your plan?
b) were you or will be you given
things you need to sustain yourself after release? What exactly were you supplied
with or will you be given- ( check if
yes and explain in lines/please use more paper if needed)
state
id_______housing for how long where____________________access to
phone__________________-clothes-------------------------------- voucher for
thrift shops____________________ bus
pass_____________________money________________________transport by
agent?_________ curfew___________________
other restrictions___________________________anything else?
For
those reincarcerated for non felonies- Please summarize your experience – try
to be clear about the dangers your
actions posed and alternatives to reincarceration that could have been
use, We have heard of reincarceration for very minor rule offences. Be specific
about what happened and you will be educating us all . This is a nebulous topic
with near nothing in data.(again , use more paper)
Specific
issues: overcrowding and lack of staff- if you have PERSONALLY experienced the
effects of this- please site specifics. And items you want to stress even if you noted them above,
plus note things you think we missed. Be factual and on point as much as
possible.
Here add anything you want- critique of
questionnaire okay. And thank you very much for your participation
Send to FFUP c/o peg Swan; 29631 Wild
Rose Drive, Blue River, WI 53518
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