From The Press Enterprise Aug. 3,2004

COURT: Shayne Allyn Zisaka is accused of using his authority to deprive inmates of their rights.

A corrections officer at the Chino Institution for Men pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he aided a white-supremacist prison gang in dealing drugs and attacking other inmates.

Shayne Allyn Ziska,43,of Fontana appeared in U.S. District Court in L.A. to answer five federal charges that he conspired with the Nazi Low Riders prison gang, aided in the commission of two violent crimes and used his authority to deprive inmates of their rights.

If convicted of the charges, which include organized-crime enhancements, Ziska could face as much as 80 years in prison.

"Shayne denies that he's part of any racist gang," said Ira Salzman, Ziska's attorney."We believe he is a fully color-blind individual, and we will fight this in court."

Salzman said he is working to get Ziska out on bail because of the danger he faces from other inmates, having been a prison guard.

"He's not happy about being in Federal custody," Salzman said. "He wants to be back with his family."

Ziska's case is part of an FBI effort to erode the gang's power and violence within California prisons. The ongoing investigation has led to 12 gang-member indictments and the upcoming trial of five more alleged gang-members, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Kamenstein.

The Dept. of Justice alleges that Ziska helped the gang deal herion and meth. within the prison from 1997 to 1999 and allowed Nazi Low Riders to jump two inmates, stabbing one underneath the eye and slicing the other's neck.

Ziska, who was placed on administrative leave in 2000, had been employeed at the prison since 1984. He worked in the prison's reception area, where inmates are taken before they are assigned permanent housing,CDC officals said.

The Nazi Low Riders are a white-supremacist group committed to "racial pride",according to the Dept. of Justice. The gang is responsible for a significant portion of the crimes committed by white inmates, officals said.

Crazy!!

OHHH he wants to be with his family?

Well I know my hubby got no special treatment despite his feelings of being away from his family...!

Isn't it amazing how as soon as one of them is in, they cry about going home. All of our loved ones want to go home too. I'm sure he wasn't concerned about the inmates he was assigned to guard when they were saying I want to go home.

Let him go through the process just like we all did and see if he believes there is justice when it's all over and done with.

If he is found guilty he can see what it is to live under the rule of what he used to dish out.

Oh the poor, poor guy....NOT! This officer should be a example to all that are
correctional officers that cross the line...and placing him in a secured housing
unit in county jail? Why? He is getting exactly what he deserves. Not only
that, but this guy just through away his job, security, and benefits for breaking the law...And should be punished without any special conditions. All
is fair so they say in Crimmal Justice. :mad:

Like I have said before...isn't it strange that an inmate can't become a CO but a CO can become an inmate?

Hehe, tried and convicted already and hasn't even been to court.

But I agree, he should get no special treatment.

Sarge: Hehe, sort of like what has happened to some of our men. As my Grandmother would say,"whats good for the goose"...............

And I also agree that he should get no special treatment. He should be okay in jail. At least he knows what to expect! :blah: Or maybe he is just afraid to run into CO's just like him! And did I read that right, has he been on leave for 4 years? Paid I am sure!

Yes, this has been investigated for four years and he has been on paid leave. Actually, all inmates requiring protective housing are given it if there is proof it is needed. Being a former CO is enough proof he has a good chance of being hurt and the state/county/federal he is housed with is required to protect him.

Why should a CO need to be put into protective custody if when he was a CO he was only "doing his job"?

I say put his ### in GP and let him act just like he was acting on that yard he was working on. :blah: :blah: :blah:

I would agree, put him on a mainline, just as long as they do the same to all the OTHER inmates with protection issues (Gang Dropouts, Sex Criminals, etc).

As you said, what is good for the Goose...

It goes without saying if someone was employed in any type of law enforcement they will be targets in prison. I doubt he will receive any special treatment from staff while there. You state you want everyone treated the same but you seem to also state that this individual should be denied protection if its needed. I don't understand that. And don't forget, if all this is true, my perspective is that this is the type of person who puts myself and my partners at greater risk. I'm saying the rules shouldn't be changed based on a persons former profession.

I am wondering how concerned he was about others who needed protection? Maybe some even from him. I am saying that he should not be treated ANY differently than any other inmate and NOT get any special treatment beause of his former profession. I have seen many on this website who felt that their loved ones needed protection and they had to fight long and hard to get it. ( I am sure that some NEVER did) But I am guessing that protection would be automatic for him. :blah: And how would any one know that he was a former CO? Oh, maybe a current CO would tell on him. Go figure :eek:

I wasn't aware you knew him personally. But apparently you do since you know what type of person he is.

And as I said before, I agree. No special treatment. But seeing as how there are thousands of inmates on SNY yards already due to security concerns, he would be no different than the rest of them.

And as for how the inmates would know he was an ex-C/O, well we do deal with quite a few inmates in our careers. Wouldn't be that difficult for one of them to remember him.

I'm including the ENTIRE paragraph of the policy.....

• Police/Guard/Correction Officer Bashing:
While we encourage full disclosure, investigation and the sharing of relevant information relating to abuses by Institutional staff (management, guards, jailers, CO’s,etc), blatant and unprovoked bashing of these people is not allowed. Please refrain from derogatory name calling as well. Further, it is a violation of PTO membership to go to any forum or site (ETC) where Correctional Officers are known to congregate and incite problems that may follow you back to the PTO website. If it is found that any member of PTO has gone to another website and created a problem, that then follows them back to our community, that member will be banned immediately.

Hehe, tried and convicted already and hasn't even been to court.

That's how it is for the people that don't have a badge, and I agree NO one should be convicted until they get their day in court!