NY Jail Guards Indicted for 'Surreal' Theft
Nadacomin
>From: "Atrocities R U.S." sp...@nospam.com
>Newsgroups: alt.prisons,
Atrocities writes:
>The prosecutor said four guards, including two high-ranking officers,
>were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second degree grand
>larceny. They are two Assistant Deputy Wardens, Benny Nuzzo, 49, and
>Mitchell Hochhauser, 40, and two Correction Officers, Greg Sokol, 38,
>and Timothy Pina, 44.
>
This part sounds like bullshit to me. Unless New York is different from
Michigan.
Here in Michigan, you aren't going to see any deputy warden work with any
correction officers on anything.
It would make more sense to me, if one group or the other were the ones that
actually stole the painting.
>It was displayed for 16 years in the cafeteria where the prisoners ate
>their meals, but was moved to a public area near the entrance at the
>Eric M. Taylor Detention Center on Rikers because of concern prisoners
>might throw food at it.
This shows the character of the modern inmate.
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>NY Jail Guards Indicted for 'Surreal' Theft
>Tue June 17, 2003 04:14 PM ET
>By Jeanne King
>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four prison guards were indicted on Tuesday for
>one of New York's more surreal crimes -- the theft of a Salvador Dali
>painting from the entrance of a high-security jail.
>
>The untitled painting depicting Christ's crucifixion by the celebrated
>Spanish Surrealist was discovered missing on March 1 after a rare fire
>drill at Rikers Island jail near LaGuardia Airport.
>
>Authorities said the original, which has not yet been found, was
>replaced by a copy stapled to the back of the double-locked display
>case near the entrance. Dali donated the work in 1965 when illness
>prevented him from making a promised visit to talk to inmates.
>
>"This alleged crime is the result of shameless arrogance, fueled by
>greed," Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said at a news
>conference.
>
>In 1985, the painting was appraised at $175,000 but has increased in
>value since the artist's death in 1989 and is now believed to be worth
>as much as three times more.
>
>The prosecutor said four guards, including two high-ranking officers,
>were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second degree grand
>larceny. They are two Assistant Deputy Wardens, Benny Nuzzo, 49, and
>Mitchell Hochhauser, 40, and two Correction Officers, Greg Sokol, 38,
>and Timothy Pina, 44.
>
>If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison.
>
>A mixed media composition in India ink and pencil on board, the
>painting measures 4 feet by 3 feet and is in a carved stained and
>glazed mahogany wood frame, officials said.
>
>It was displayed for 16 years in the cafeteria where the prisoners ate
>their meals, but was moved to a public area near the entrance at the
>Eric M. Taylor Detention Center on Rikers because of concern prisoners
>might throw food at it.
>
>Officials said the painting bore the initials 'S.D.' under an
>inscription in the lower left corner that read, with creative
>spellings, "For the dinning room of the Prisoners Rikers Ysland."
>
>
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Dissident
>>Subject: NY Jail Guards Indicted for 'Surreal' Theft
>>From: "Atrocities R U.S." sp...@nospam.com
>>Newsgroups: alt.prisons,
>
>
> Atrocities writes:
>
>
>>The prosecutor said four guards, including two high-ranking officers,
>>were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second degree grand
>>larceny. They are two Assistant Deputy Wardens, Benny Nuzzo, 49, and
>>Mitchell Hochhauser, 40, and two Correction Officers, Greg Sokol, 38,
>>and Timothy Pina, 44.
>>
>
>
> This part sounds like bullshit to me. Unless New York is different from
> Michigan.
> Here in Michigan, you aren't going to see any deputy warden work with any
> correction officers on anything.
> It would make more sense to me, if one group or the other were the ones that
> actually stole the painting.
>
>
>>It was displayed for 16 years in the cafeteria where the prisoners ate
>>their meals, but was moved to a public area near the entrance at the
>>Eric M. Taylor Detention Center on Rikers because of concern prisoners
>>might throw food at it.
>
>
> This shows the character of the modern inmate.
And the theft of the painting by correctional officers shows
the character of ... ?
By the way, why could they not have put it in a double-locked
glass case, which would have protected it from food, and left
it in the dining hall? Sounds like this "comment on the
character of the modern inmate" may be more of a comment on
the excuse-making of the modern upper management correctional
official. I think you can relate to that one, Soups.
MyWingsofanangel
That interjection caught me also.
I wonder is "soups" lives in an isolated world at work. You know, like how we
treated "snitches' on the yard.
I bet his fellow officers are wallowing in graft. In fact, I bet he has no clue
just how many guards and staff have been compromised by well to do families of
Cons and are "overlooking" rules and passing out bennies right under "soups"
nose and he is on the outside looking in but not seeing shit.
"soups" is one of those who later states, "I had no idea, he/she seemed such a
perfect guard, etc etc"
Broad brushing, black and white mindsets, allows little to penetrate a closed
mind, let alone be aware of who is your real friend.
Lots of Love
MAX
SOME have dug my "pan handling" mindset. They know how hard this old fart has
it keeping up and passing out advice or experiances that were/are painful
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Dissident
>>Subject: NY Jail Guards Indicted for 'Surreal' Theft
>>From: "Atrocities R U.S." sp...@nospam.com
>>Newsgroups: alt.prisons,
>
>
> Atrocities writes:
>
>
>>The prosecutor said four guards, including two high-ranking officers,
>>were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second degree grand
>>larceny. They are two Assistant Deputy Wardens, Benny Nuzzo, 49, and
>>Mitchell Hochhauser, 40, and two Correction Officers, Greg Sokol, 38,
>>and Timothy Pina, 44.
>>
>
>
> This part sounds like bullshit to me. Unless New York is different from
> Michigan.
> Here in Michigan, you aren't going to see any deputy warden work with any
> correction officers on anything.
> It would make more sense to me, if one group or the other were the ones that
> actually stole the painting.
>
>
>>It was displayed for 16 years in the cafeteria where the prisoners ate
>>their meals, but was moved to a public area near the entrance at the
>>Eric M. Taylor Detention Center on Rikers because of concern prisoners
>>might throw food at it.
>
>
> This shows the character of the modern inmate.
And the theft of the painting by correctional officers shows
Nadacomin
>From: mywingso...@aol.com (MyWingsofanangel)
>Newsgroups: alt.prisons
>Date: 19 Jul 2003 15:49:50 GMT
MAX writes:
>I wonder is "soups" lives in an isolated world at work. You know, like how we
>treated "snitches' on the yard.
>
No, absolutely not.
>I bet his fellow officers are wallowing in graft.
Wrong here, too. We have a few bad apples once in a while, but, the majority of
correction officers I have worked with in the last fifteen years have been
honest, and, try to be fair with the inmates.
>In fact, I bet he has no clue
>just how many guards and staff have been compromised by well to do families
>of
>Cons and are "overlooking" rules and passing out bennies right under "soups"
>nose and he is on the outside looking in but not seeing shit.
I have seen some of the petty bullshit over the years, but, I never see any of
the "heavy" stuff, because they know that I am not into corruption of any kind.
Besides, most bad officers work(on thier criminal enterprises) alone. (with the
exception of inmates and outside people they deal with)
>
>"soups" is one of those who later states, "I had no idea, he/she seemed such
>a
>perfect guard, etc etc"
Sometimes I say that, when I see one go down, other times, I say, " I could see
that coming". My job as a correction officer is not to investigate other staff.
>
>Broad brushing, black and white mindsets, allows little to penetrate a closed
>mind, let alone be aware of who is your real friend.
I do not have a closed mind. But, I don't have a mind that is so open, that I
will buy any kind of bullshit someone tries to run on me. There are some things
in life that a real adult has made his/her mind up about by the time they get
to my age.
That is why us older farts don't go whichever way the wind blows, and, follow
any latest trend, just because it is trendy.
>
>Lots of Love
>MAX
Concerning how I handle corruption I see on the job. If it is of the "petty"
nature, I ignore it. If it were of the nature that involved something like the
smuggling of weapons or escape materials, drug smuggling ( this gets people
killed inside) or anything else that could be a "breach of security" and
endangers the lives of staff or inmates, or, goes against my department's
stated goal to "protect the public", I will BLOW THE WHISTLE, and, snitch thier
asses right out.
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Nadacomin
>From: Dissident qq...@7600.net
Dissident writes:
>> This shows the character of the modern inmate.
>
>And the theft of the painting by correctional officers shows
>the character of ... ?
My guess would be, that, in this case, the real culprits are probably the
deputy wardens, and, the correction officers being charged are fall guys who
were in the area.
If the officers were the ones who took the painting, the management would not
be being charged, they would be going after the COs.
In my experience, for a couple of upper level managers and COs to work together
on anything is as far fetched as a mountain lion and a deer working together on
something.
I have seen thieves and everything else amongst the line staff, but, an art
theft with two COs as fall guys sounds like the deputy wardens to me.
>By the way, why could they not have put it in a double-locked
>glass case, which would have protected it from food, and left
>it in the dining hall?
My choice would have been to put the painting under some good quality
plexiglass in the dining hall. That stuff is nearly indestructable.
It was meant to be in the dining hall, so, that is where it should be.
Sounds like this "comment on the
>character of the modern inmate" may be more of a comment on
>the excuse-making of the modern upper management correctional
>official. I think you can relate to that one, Soups.
>
I can agree with you most of the way. But, I had to comment on the types of
inmates that would destroy a painting that was given to them by a famous
painter that used to visit inmates.
It is this type of inmate, not the various bad apples, incompetents, and
outright assholes amongst the prison staff and management that make life inside
the walls an razor wire a living hell for inmates and staff alike.
MyWingsofanangel
So I shall ass u me that there are no luxury suites or plush 6 course dining
menus, alcoholic beverages and maybe even a snort or two of powder, or paid TV
Cable sets being allocated to ANY "upper class" Cons on special assignment and
staffed by a squad of lick booting suck assed corrupted guards, Asst. Wardens
or even Wardens in the maze of Michigan's DOC, right?
Who knows, maybe a State AG, or even an ombudsman, might one day make the
Detroit pepers with an expose' and "soups" can scratch his head, as all others
in the past have, when such shocking revelations come and go in the history of
Government run Agencies including prisons.
Anyone believe those guards in California were not shooting Cons to death in a
controlled space because of a wager?
Give me a break...guards are as human and filled with the same demons Cons
have. Not ALL Cons or ALL guards are infected ALL the way, but not ALL have
been innoculated against temptation, greed, power and weakness, to the same
degree either.
And as we all have experianced changing times do come and go in our own lives.
I know not everything from the "good old days" has changed when human nature is
involved.
Lots of Love
Don
AKA
MAX
Nadacomin
>From: mywingso...@aol.com (MyWingsofanangel)
>Newsgroups: alt.prisons
MAX writes:
>So I shall ass u me that there are no luxury suites or plush 6 course dining
>menus, alcoholic beverages and maybe even a snort or two of powder, or paid
>TV
>Cable sets being allocated to ANY "upper class" Cons on special assignment
>and
>staffed by a squad of lick booting suck assed corrupted guards, Asst. Wardens
>or even Wardens in the maze of Michigan's DOC, right?
Not in my experience.
In my experience, the convict can be bought alot cheaper than that. A cushy
prison job, immunity from a few tickets, and, that's about it. I don't know
about the dope.
>
>Who knows, maybe a State AG, or even an ombudsman, might one day make the
>Detroit pepers with an expose' and "soups" can scratch his head, as all
>others
>in the past have, when such shocking revelations come and go in the history
>of
>Government run Agencies including prisons.
I don't think I would shake my head about anything going on with the prison
system.
>
>Anyone believe those guards in California were not shooting Cons to death in
>a
>controlled space because of a wager?
>
>Give me a break...guards are as human and filled with the same demons Cons
>have. Not ALL Cons or ALL guards are infected ALL the way, but not ALL have
>been innoculated against temptation, greed, power and weakness, to the same
>degree either.
But, only a special type of asshole participates in that. And, the system I
work in, for all it's faults,is not ran that way. And, most of the staff would
be raising hell if it were.
>
>And as we all have experianced changing times do come and go in our own
>lives.
>
>I know not everything from the "good old days" has changed when human nature
>is
>involved.
Human nature has not changed. But, it varies. The coloseaums of Rome were not
erected all over the world, by all it's peoples. Different things take place,
at different times and places, by different people, but, of course, all ruled
by human nature, with some intervention by God at times.
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