The Castle has a regular reader (waves) who spent over a decade as a resident of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, as in sleeping there at night, and not while on guard duty. We, um, "served" at Fort Leavenworth together, so to speak. We've been having an email chat. From that chat, I've developed some intel for Lieutenant Watada's benefit should he become another guest of Chez DB.
Hi there,
Thank your for your site, it is one I visit every day.
Details. I was an inmate there. [mid-80s through the middle-late 90's]. I went through Reception, Solitary confinement, 7 Wing, 6 Wing, B 466, then the little problem with the prison work stoppage in 1992 put me in 4 Wing, then to B 465, over to B 466 again.
Most people think inmates rank their crimes and they do, (we did) but the military ranks crimes differently. Below child molesters are spies and people who take the paycheck and benefits then refuse to deploy to combat situations. Yolanda Hewitt-Vaughn was treated like dirt and everyone looked down on her.
I met Clayton Lonetree, several spies, a few murderers, even a nuclear warhead designer. The only crime I did not encounter was a cannibal.
A bit of trivia. The USDB is the only U.S. prison where 99 plus percent of the inmates have been taught and trained to kill people, has one of the highest average education levels due to the military pushing college, and has inmates trained to escape and evade capture. The main thing that keeps the lid on is nearly everyone having been given a sense of discipline during their service years.
Also, some of the guards committed crimes, but not much was ever done about
it.
Here's a thought, Lieutenant.
Below child molesters are spies and people who take the paycheck and benefits then refuse to deploy to combat situations. Yolanda Hewitt-Vaughn was treated like dirt and everyone looked down on her.
Just sayin'.
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