Special Visits even Denied -- Sure am tired of the lip service

[Leanna Fluharty]

Hi guys, just thought I would cut and paste this letter to the group because it speaks for itself. They do NOT follow their AR at all, and even when you follow it, they just put you back into the same old hamster wheel of never ending run around. I'm in the process of writing a letter to send to all the legislators etc. If anyone wants to send me a letter to include I would appreciate it, just send it to this email and I will be happy to include it with mine.
 
Here is the emails from today.
 
 

Sender: "Susan Jones" <Susan...@doc.state.co.us> Subject: Re: Christmas Visit Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:11:28 -0700 To: <LeannaF...@bresnan.net> Cc: "Tony Carochi" <Tony.C...@doc.state.co.us>

I have reviewed the information forwarded to my by Deputy Director Carochi. I have also reviewed the current policy on Offender visiting, AR 300-1. I will not make an exception to the AR that indicates that Ex-doc employees...who were not an immediate family member of the offender prior to incarceration or parole supervision, ...will not be approved to visit. >>> Tony Carochi 12/11/2008 11:48 AM >>> Leanna, I am forwarding your request to Warden Jones as she is the appointing authority for CSP. Tony Carochi Deputy Director of Prisons 2862 South Circle Dr. Colorado Springs, Co 80906 Ph: 719-226-4725 Fax: 719-226-4775 Cell: 719-240-0255 tony.c...@doc.state.co.us >>> "Leanna Fluharty" <LeannaF...@bresnan.net> 12/11/2008 9:39 AM >>> Tony I am contacting you to see if you can have a special visit approved for me to see my husband for Christmas on whatever day the facility deems appropriate during the holiday. The grounds for asking for this request are as follows:   AR 300-01 K. 8. Any visitor whose visiting privileges have been revoked or suspended for one year may request in writing reconsideration at the end of the one year suspension. Requests are to be sent to the administrative head where the offender resides. (I have lost my privileges for over a year, and I have repeatedly asked for reconsideration in writing and for special visits in writing, and receive 1 sentence responses that it will not be approved. Therefore I am asking you directly as directed in the AR)   K. 4. A visitor who has been denied, terminated, suspended or revoked from visiting shall be advised of the reasons for such action without revealing any confidential information. A visitor may appeal, in writing, the decision of the administrative head to the appropriate deputy director of Prison Operasions for the facility involved. (This is what I am doing)   B. 3. The administrative head is the assigned authority to approve, deny, or inactivate names of visitors on visiting lists. An offender's visiting list shall be subject to the following restrictions:     d. The following persons will not be approved for visits:         5. Current or Ex-DOC employees, private prison employees, contract workers, or private company employees who are providing hospital supervision assistance, who were not an immediate familiy member of the offender prior to incarceration or parole supervision. (This obviously is the grounds for denying my regular visits to my HUSBAND)       The special visits therefor become relevant:   C. Special Visits:     1. Special visits (to include extended visits) between offenders and their families may be granted for reasons such as:         c. When a special visit is determined by the administrative head, or designee, to be in the best interest of the offender's rehabilitative needs or correctional goals. (I am his wife, I am trying to help him progress in a positive way and rehabilitate. He is in solitary and only receives visits from his mother for 2 or 3 days out of an entire year. It is in his best interests to be able to visit with me, and with him at CSP there is not even any contact, so it is the most controlled visiting situation possible.)         d. Individuals who would not normally be approved to visit. The administrative head may require a non-contact visit. (it already is non contact and I cannot visit him normally because of this regulation)       Further proof that visiting is in my husband's best interests is found in the regulation itself as stated:   AR FORM 300-01E - Open Letter to Offender Visitors   The Colorado Department of Corrections considers offender visits an exceedingly valuable correctional operation's feature. Visits are encouraged to the maximum extent possible within limited DOC employee and facility/center resources. DOC Employees intent to facilitate your visits in the most pleasant manner possible. Success of DOC employee effort will be dependent entirely on your cooperation.   I have done everything I can to cooperate. At no juncture has DOC "encouraged to the maximum extent" my visits. In fact the opposite is true. I am asking for a special visit for myself for the Christmas holiday. Only you can approve this visit as shown in the AR and I am therefore requesting that you approve this visit and allow me to see my husband, on the grounds that a special visit is in his "best interest." It has been been "over a year." My visits were revoked and I have appealed it as specified in the AR. There is no greater control over a visit than the non contact visits at CSP. My husband has no other visits available to him at this time. It is in the best interests of our family to be able to have me be allowed to visit my husband.   I would also further state that while doing legal research in conjunction with these issues, I have discovered and have had it further verified that in 35 states the visiting regulations specifically deal with the issue of previous DOC employees and in those 35 states, ALL OF THEM ALLOW VISITS, with a time frame from zero days of waiting period to 2 years.   Please approve my special visit,   Thank you, Leanna Fluharty

Leanna Fluharty
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