G4S, bullies, power, wealth and children. Does it have to be this way?
I watched in growing anger, horror and despair, the BBC Panorama program on abuse within a Children's Prison, run by G4S, who have already been subject to a number of such investigations, who have 'investigated' themselves, fired the named abusers, and yet the pattern repeats....
The entire matter is utterly appalling. There should be widespread unrelenting, public anger and outrage at this abuse of the children, of our trust and our taxes.
There should be changes made, from top to bottom, and prison sentences handed down for all involved, with suspended sentences for those who turned a blind eye or who failed in their fiduciary duty to deal with the matter in the strongest terms.
"BBC Panorama goes undercover to expose harrowing evidence of children and young people being hurt and threatened by custody officers who are supposed to protect them.
1. People who are employed in these places should be professionals, with training in conflict resolution, NVC, psycho social studies, counselling and risk assessment, as well as being adept in de-escalating violence. This of course would demand that they pay staff well, ensure that a constant training process is in place, and that adequate oversight is maintained on what happens within these institutions.
2. The fact that G4S has been repeatedly exposed for abuse, and that nothing major has changed, suggests that their primary concern is with profitability above and beyond the needs of the children. That is 100% unacceptable.
3. The fact that staff who witness this abuse 'tolerate the behaviour or even help to cover it up." suggests to me that there is a culture of abuse that is institutionalised, that is integrated, in much the same manner as the abuse of Christian clerics in Schools, Reformatories, Orphanages..... and that the hierarchy within G4S will behave as the Vatican has - to manage the crisis so that they remain in power, rather than address the culture openly, honestly in order to make changes that are obviously very much needed.
4. The matter feeds into my last post about bullying and our political power hierarchy.
5. There are alternatives.... and this short video outlines the kinds of trainings and expertise G4S and anyone who works with troubled children ought to be engaging with.
This is written as a spoken word piece, an angry poem about all of this..
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Low paid, untrained in empathy, unrestrained,
Trained in restraining wounded children.
Violence upon violence, cruelty for profit,
Cover-ups and thieves in my Government.
Stealing my taxes, to concentrate power.
"I can't breathe, I can't breathe, You're choking me!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Paul Cook is appalled, he is playing the ball,
Kicking this one into touch, "we will investigate ourselves."
He chose to employ bullies on the cheap,
To ensure the profits that G4S shareholders keep.
Stealing our taxes, to concentrate power.
"I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry, I love your football team!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
The Military Chiefs deplore the claims of the abused,
and let a few troops bear the cost of their ruse,
Their crimes are recorded yet not addressed,
Because the Military is an instrument of State Oppression.
When will we learn the lesson?
They are stealing our taxes, to concentrate power.
"You ain't no helper Bruv! You're a bully!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
The children need support, they need all the help they can get
yet in a prison complex they are hidden, so that society forgets
That the symptoms of oppression are everywhere to see,
let’s blame the children and the hierarchy is free.
to steal our taxes, to concentrate power.
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
In Foster Homes, State Homes, Family Homes it happens
Bullies operate a system of abuse, and in offices and media,
In prisons and detention pens, and on remand too
the bullies are permitted to do what they do.
"You ain't no trainer, Bruv!"
Be a team member, do not blow the whistle,
Turn a blind eye, and maintain your income stream.
Turn a blind eye and even the family can seem to outsiders
to be a safe place, where traditional values reign…
That refusal to acknowledge the very real pain,
ensures that the cycles are repeated, again and again!
"David Cameron's opinion is that 'parents need to be taught how to discipline their children', rather than be helped to learn empathy, to heal themselves and their children and ultimately Society....."
It is code for the Rulers true concern!
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Fuck that shit!
"All hearts shrink before violence, all fists clench for their friends."
Kate Tempest
I watched in growing anger, horror and despair, the BBC Panorama program on abuse within a Children's Prison, run by G4S, who have already been subject to a number of such investigations, who have 'investigated' themselves, fired the named abusers, and yet the pattern repeats....
The entire matter is utterly appalling. There should be widespread unrelenting, public anger and outrage at this abuse of the children, of our trust and our taxes.
There should be changes made, from top to bottom, and prison sentences handed down for all involved, with suspended sentences for those who turned a blind eye or who failed in their fiduciary duty to deal with the matter in the strongest terms.
"BBC Panorama goes undercover to expose harrowing evidence of children and young people being hurt and threatened by custody officers who are supposed to protect them.
Secret filming at a
privately run youth prison, paid more than £10m in 2015 by the
government to provide high-quality education and to rehabilitate some of
the most vulnerable youngsters in the prison system, reveals some
officers mistreating their charges and many more tolerating the
behaviour or even helping to cover it up."
1. People who are employed in these places should be professionals, with training in conflict resolution, NVC, psycho social studies, counselling and risk assessment, as well as being adept in de-escalating violence. This of course would demand that they pay staff well, ensure that a constant training process is in place, and that adequate oversight is maintained on what happens within these institutions.
2. The fact that G4S has been repeatedly exposed for abuse, and that nothing major has changed, suggests that their primary concern is with profitability above and beyond the needs of the children. That is 100% unacceptable.
3. The fact that staff who witness this abuse 'tolerate the behaviour or even help to cover it up." suggests to me that there is a culture of abuse that is institutionalised, that is integrated, in much the same manner as the abuse of Christian clerics in Schools, Reformatories, Orphanages..... and that the hierarchy within G4S will behave as the Vatican has - to manage the crisis so that they remain in power, rather than address the culture openly, honestly in order to make changes that are obviously very much needed.
4. The matter feeds into my last post about bullying and our political power hierarchy.
5. There are alternatives.... and this short video outlines the kinds of trainings and expertise G4S and anyone who works with troubled children ought to be engaging with.
This is written as a spoken word piece, an angry poem about all of this..
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Low paid, untrained in empathy, unrestrained,
Trained in restraining wounded children.
Violence upon violence, cruelty for profit,
Cover-ups and thieves in my Government.
Stealing my taxes, to concentrate power.
"I can't breathe, I can't breathe, You're choking me!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Paul Cook is appalled, he is playing the ball,
Kicking this one into touch, "we will investigate ourselves."
He chose to employ bullies on the cheap,
To ensure the profits that G4S shareholders keep.
Stealing our taxes, to concentrate power.
"I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry, I love your football team!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
The Military Chiefs deplore the claims of the abused,
and let a few troops bear the cost of their ruse,
Their crimes are recorded yet not addressed,
Because the Military is an instrument of State Oppression.
When will we learn the lesson?
They are stealing our taxes, to concentrate power.
"You ain't no helper Bruv! You're a bully!"
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
The children need support, they need all the help they can get
yet in a prison complex they are hidden, so that society forgets
That the symptoms of oppression are everywhere to see,
let’s blame the children and the hierarchy is free.
to steal our taxes, to concentrate power.
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
In Foster Homes, State Homes, Family Homes it happens
Bullies operate a system of abuse, and in offices and media,
In prisons and detention pens, and on remand too
the bullies are permitted to do what they do.
"You ain't no trainer, Bruv!"
Be a team member, do not blow the whistle,
Turn a blind eye, and maintain your income stream.
Turn a blind eye and even the family can seem to outsiders
to be a safe place, where traditional values reign…
That refusal to acknowledge the very real pain,
ensures that the cycles are repeated, again and again!
"David Cameron's opinion is that 'parents need to be taught how to discipline their children', rather than be helped to learn empathy, to heal themselves and their children and ultimately Society....."
It is code for the Rulers true concern!
G four S
Gulags For Stash
G Four S
Employs bullies to save cash
Fuck that shit!
"All hearts shrink before violence, all fists clench for their friends."
Kate Tempest
Kindest regards
Corneilius
Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe
Corneilius
Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe