Colorado Prison Taking Formula From a Baby
CANON CITY, CO., An inmate here in Fremont Correctional Facility was convicted of fraud last month for receiving an “I love you” voice message from his wife --- the CDOC punishment could affect the health and welfare of his newborn baby girl.
During January and February the inmate called his wife 336 times to check on her health and the condition of his newborn daughter - his wife gave birth to their first child on January 5, 2010. His wife, not always able to answer the phone while caring for a new baby, changed her phone voice mail introduction to say, “Honey, I love you!”
Correctional Officer Susan Ramirez, suspicious that the inmate was passing unauthorized messages, spent hours listening to all of the inmates phone calls and determined the inmate received 86 fraudulent, “I love you” messages. Ramirez filed charges against the inmate, and a CDOC board convicted the inmate and ordered him to pay $86.63 in restitution to the Department of Corrections.
According to CDOC regulations, an inmate is not allowed to receive a phone message without paying for the call. When the inmate makes a call from a prison, there is a lengthy robo-message played as soon as the phone is answered on the receiving-end. While the robo-message played, the wifely voice mail picked-up, playing the “I love you” introduction to her mail box.
The inmate was unable to leave any message, just listen to the voice mail until the robo-message ended, or someone answered the phone. The inmate was upset with the order of restitution, “We don't have a lot of money and are already struggling financially -- any money taken from the family affects my wife and child. I don't understand why they would deliberately want to hurt my family over a phone message saying, ‘I love you,’ I just don't get it -- don't they have better things to do with their time and money?”
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