November 08, 2014
Okay, so here’s the new scoop. After seeing the warden last week I knew the investigator wasn’t going to come and talk to me like she said would happen. So I took it upon myself to fill out multiple kites and requests, using my conversation with the warden as leverage for getting my foot in the door of the investigation office. Yesterday afternoon the guard unlocked my cell door, telling me to report to the Captain’s office. At the Captain’s office two investigation officers pulled me into their office, with my kites in their hand I understood why I was there. This felt like my one and only chance to lay everything out on the table and find some answers to questions that nobody has answered yet. I told these two men my entire situation, explaining how my medication was the cause of a false positive drug screening, stating similar problems with generic, quick read cups before even coming to prison. I told them my family hired an attorney, who says that he contacted a representative for the warden, promising to retest my original urine specimen. I also pointed out that I was fully aware of policy # 70-rcv-03 stating my right to a second screening when and an inmate challenges the original test. I basically told these guys everything about myself and the changes I’ve made to atone for my past and secure a better future. Surprisingly these two guys were fairly nice and understanding, they even said that they believed what I was telling them, pointing out that they looked up my prison record, noticing that I’ve never been a problem, they said they didn’t even know who I was until I sent them a kite stating my problem, which is also a plus because they know about many of the inmates that are actively breaking rules and laws, even the ones that haven’t been
caught yet from a constant flood of information through a large number of prison snitches. But none of that matters to me, I know I make good choices in here and I don’t need anyone’s approval for such, what I need is answers for these unjust actions made by the prison and its officials. Well I did get some answers, but they’re definitely not the answers I wanted to hear. Just as the warden had explained to me a week ago, they told me that there would not be a second testing and there’s nothing I could do about it. They said that the urine samples were all discarded more than a month ago making a second testing impossible. I asked them about my right to a second test and they told me there was a thirty day window to get that done which is why the inmates weren’t notified of the results until thirty days after the original test, canceling out the possibility of a second test. As I said before, Madison continues to break state wide rules and policies at their own discretion and there doesn’t appear to be a single thing I can do about it. Either someone lied to my attorney, or my attorney lied to my family for a quick paycheck. Whatever the case may be, something needs to be done about this, many things can be done, I just know it, but it looks like I have to do this myself, maybe even after I’m released from prison. I’m furious that rules are blatantly and continuously broken by the prison and its officials with impunity. I had a right to due process and that right was taken from me. The two investigation officers also suggested I have a conversation with my doctor and have him document the troubles with my medication. I told them I already had two separate conversations with my doctor, I told them the doctor told me that because my medication is said to only affect 1% of the individuals taking the meds that it wouldn’t matter. The investigators said that it does matter and it certainly would have made a difference and that infuriates me even more. Looks like I’ve got more complaints to file and a lot more useless paperwork to fill out.
Steven Dybvad
