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Included below is a letter from Mr. Saengchanh, a fellow detainee at MSOP in Minnesota. “Mr. Saengchanh’s letter illustrates the injustice of detaining someone who has serious language barriers. He cannot study law as easily as an English speaking person can. He cannot communicate with his therapist as effectively either. There are some random words in English and Laotian. This is normal for Mr. Saengchanh, who is always trying to learn English, yet always feels that it’s never enough. The letter also illustrates Mr. Saengchanh’s respect for his roommate, “John” and advocates for him lovingly.” – Daniel A. Wilson Letter…

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OCEAN Thanks You!

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 8 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. We want to thank Eldon Dillingham, Garnett B., Pearl, Roy, James, Chris K., and everyone that participated in the civil Commitment Conference call on February 1, 2020. It has been crazy trying to get the opportunity to be a part of the conference call. We are so glad that we were able to hear the stories and the encouragements from everyone on the phone. One thing that we noticed is that…

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Drop Interviews

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 7 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. OCEAN newsletters have expanded across the states. One detainee in another hospital has replied to our article in Issue 6: “Correcting false information in your detainee charts VIA DATA CHALLENGE-It’s your responsibility.” We received this letter from Jim Blessings in North Carolina and found it to be so imperative that we thought we would simply share his story word for word: My name is Jim Blessing, I am 77 years of…

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MSOP Stakeholders are Not Legitimate

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 6 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. Just like at Coalinga State Hospital in California, the Per Diem is always conveniently going up, up, up. Per Diem Rates are updated each fiscal year to reflect the cost of operation: a. State Fiscal Year 2018=$372 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) b. State Fiscal Year 2019=$373 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019) c. State Fiscal Year 2020=$393 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) You’d think that…

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Coerced Psychotherapy

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 5 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. On January 29, 2020 I (Daniel) was asked to have a meeting with my primary therapist, her supervisor, and a psychologist.” Before the meeting, I asked if I could have Russell with me in the meeting as a “support peer.” My therapist first said that they could not allow someone from a different unit to come onto our unit. When we pointed out that we know this is not true, she…

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What Treatment? People Die Here.

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 4 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. There is only one thing that attests to the indifference of the MSOP organization more blatantly than the absence of a basic procedure for a fire drill: they seem to revel in the death of each sex offender. An MSOP clinician is like a surgeon who leaves her patient on the operating table to die (but not before she gets her paycheck from the tax payers). No client ever gets rehabilitated…

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Minnesota Exploited A Scheme of Moral Panic

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 3 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. Ronald Sullivan from Harvard Law School says: The right to be free from confinement is “of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty.” Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319, 325 (1937). It forms the basis of other rights deemed fundamental in this country-the right to earn a living, to have children-and it prevents this nation from devolving into tyranny. The government must tread lightly when it intrudes on that…

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A Call to Arms!: Overcoming Censorship

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 10, Article 2 (Feb. 10, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. OCEAN authors Daniel A. Wilson and Russell John Hatton are “Muckrakers.” Muckrakers are journalists who expose social ills as well as corporate and political corruption. Julius Chambers of the New York Tribune, is considered by many to be the original Muckraker. Chambers undertook a journalistic investigation of Bloomingdale Asylum in 1872, having himself committed with the help of some of his friends and his newspaper’s city editor. His intent was to…

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Thank You From OCEAN

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 9, Article 6 (Jan. 15, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. OCEAN thanks Jim Blessings from the Civil Commitment Center in South Carolina. Jim wrote to OCEAN with encouraging words. Jim will be in our prayers along with our other fellow comrades. We plan to put at least parts of Jim’s letter in our next newsletter. Stay strong Jim! Thank you to Galen B. from Virginia Civil Commitment as well. Galen provided OCEAN with some valuable advice that OCEAN is taking very…

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Drop Interviews

The below is OCEAN Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 9, Article 5 (Jan. 15, 2020) published by Russell J. Hatton & Daniel A. Wilson from the gulag in Moose Lake Minnesota. Tim Coon is 34 years old. He has been at MSOP for over 13 years. Coon was recently granted Provisional Discharge (PD) by the Special Review Board (SRB). Receiving PD means that although Coon will wear a GPS device and will be supervised, he will likely be able to live in his own place. PD is essentially the last step to full discharge from the MSOP. “Before this,” Coon said, “I…

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