Sooooooo glad no longer working at Patuxent. What a frickin nightmare.

The comment that its about the money is sooooo right, although not the only reason, but you hit the nail right on the head. At Patuxent each and every inmate in the program carries a higher bounty than an inmate at another facility. Thats another story, but it is extremely important to continue a covert operation of oppression of Patuxent inmates and of nonparticipating state workers because the behavior guarantees employment, FOREVERand at highly paid salaries: there is a constant influx of inmates! Its a vicious environment to work in or be an inmate at under the guise of rehabilitation. Therapists, including each chain of command benefit from the chaos and covert operations which support the management style at Patuxent. Not to mention the overtime figures that are phenomenal, and is testament to the gutter dragging morale that have plagued Patuxent for sometime. The behavior of those in charge, resemble persons who have become distinctively institutionalized, and are unable to decipher friend from foe, or better yet, state worker from an inmate/criminal. Anything or anyone who, in their minds, threaten their security is a target of unrelenting abuse of power and position. Their professional judgment is no longer pure or reliable but is clouded and dictated by the need to vehemently control someone else at all costs, regardless of whether you are behind bars or not. Its a white collar crime racket at the state level, and those willing to play the game, and know how to play their game, and participate in orchestrating their game, are getting paid by YOUR and MY tax dollars to rehabilitate no one! The more inmates who are recommended by judges and are selected to enter the program, the more job security these people have to maintain the racket. Anyone who appears to threaten their security, is harassed, unjustly reprimanded, degraded, humiliated into quitting, or downright fired. That is a fact. They work under the good ole boy system which has been functioning quite well for many years. They (therapist) have created a system that protects themselves through silence, under the table deals, and covert operations that is supported by the personnel office, the director and warden. It then trickles down from there. They are bent on destroying peoples lives, including inmates who speak out against them. They protect the injustices inflicted on the inmates through fear, threats, intimidation and sometimes unwarranted physical abuse. Fact! Information that should be made public is contained internally and rarely released. Fact! During this time of economic chaos, it is important to maintain an income, so those who have seen the injustice first hand are fearful of retaliation. Fact! Its a sad and pitiful place to work, and frankly undoubtedly quite evil. Its the most depressing place witnessed in my lifetime. Inmates are not the problem there: management is and should be overhauled to put integrity back into the Patuxent Program. It has gone unchallenged for too long. Whydont know. But I will say this, whats in the dark eventually comes to light: Continuing to keep faith that those people responsible for the atrocities will be dealt with accordingly one day, is the right thing to do. It may not be in our time, but be assured that the wicked shall perish. Dont get side tracked by the witless chatter-chatter of nothingness: They can talk themselves out of a pits bulls mussel because their tactics are supported and backed by their personnel department as well as other state Departments. The institutions programs are not what it should be. Inmates are not and will never receive the tools to be successful upon release. Fact!

THERAPY?????? A joke!!! They have done and will do more damage mentally and emotionally to youth then the crime itself because a youthful offender is manipulated into believing that they will get the help they need at Patuxent. They have no choice to sign out of the Program as other inmates can do. Funding for them is provided at a higher rate. Fact! If the Governor of Maryland ever orders an investigation, they should start with the State employees who worked there: pass and present and inmates as well. There is a team of totally dysfunctional people disguising themselves as civil agents for the State of Maryland who are undeserving of any positive recognition or employment, and should lose their jobs. Disgruntled employee, I am not: employed I am. They have been granted too much power, and not enough oversight or monitoring. Its been a free fall of absolute tyranny. God bless the inmates and all others still there.