JAMES DIESSO ABUSED BY THE STATE OF
JIMMY WAS ONLY ELEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN THE SYSTEM
TOOK HIM. HE WAS UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE TILL I RAN OUT OF INSURANCE. THE
WHEN I HAD TO TAKE JIMMY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL I HAD NO MONEY NO HELP NOTHING. I
TRIED TO GET HELP. NO ONE WOULD HELP. WELFARE TURNED US DOWN AND SO DID RED
CROSS. THEN THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN!
HE WAS A SICK LITTLE BOY! HE WAS ALSO A FRIGHTENED LITTLE BOY. THE VOICES
FRIGHTENED JIMMY SO MUCH AND THIS IS WHAT MADE HIM RUN.
I REMEMBER HOW JIMMY WOULD CALL ME INTO THE BATH ROOM WHEN HE WAS IN THE
JIMMY WOULD RUN. HE WOULD CALL ME WHEN HE CAME OUT OF HIS
I HAD TO TAKE JIMMY IN WHEN I FINALLY FOUND HIM AND THEY ARRESTED HIM. THEY
TOLD ME OH HE WILL BE OUT REAL SOON IT IS JUST POLICY. WELL THAT WAS NOT TRUE.
THE JUDGE DID NOT EVEN TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF JIMMY'S ILLNESS. HE DID NOT
BELIEVE IT. I HAD DOCUMENTATION AND DOCTORS WHO WOULD TESTIFY
. THE JUDGES DID NOT EVEN WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. THEY DID NOT EVEN WANT
TO READ THE HOSPITAL RECORDS. THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE THE WORST AND THAT
IS JUST WHAT THEY DID AND THAT IS JUST HOW THEY SENTENCED HIM TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
JIMMY GREW OLDER AND SICKER IN THE SYSTEM TILL ONE DAY WHILE HE WAS AT CYA
JIMMY AND A BOY GOT INTO A FIGHT . JIMMY SHOWED HIS
FIRST REAL SIGN OF VIOLENCE. HE STABBED THE BOY. THE BOY WAS SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL. JIMMY WAS SENT TO PRISON! " THE BIG
HOUSE"
I WISH TO TAKE YOU BACK JUST A BIT. BEFORE JIMMY WAS SENT TO CYA AND HOW
IT CAME ABOUT. AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN JIMMY'S DAD AND I FINALLY GOT JIMMY OUT OF
THE HALL. HE HAD SPENT TIME AT CAMPS, BOYS HOMES, HALL AND SUCH ALL THIS TIME
AND MOST OF ALL HE FAILED THEM ALL. HE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SEGREGATION.
HE STILL WAS WITH OUT ANY MEDICATION.
HE JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK A PROGRAM OR SLEEP. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ALL
THESE PLACES HOW WITH OUT MEDICATION JIMMY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION. NO
ONE LISTENED AND WHEN I FOUND SOME ONE THAT DID CARE AND DID BELIEVE THERE WAS
NOTHING THEY COULD DO. JIMMY HAD GROWN UP IN THE SYSTEM NOW. HE HAD ALL HIS CHILD HOOD DISEASED THERE. THE HALL GOT TO KNOW ME
REAL WELL OF COURSE. THEY WOULD EVEN CALL ME AT TIMES TO COME
HELP SETTLE JIMMY DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME. THE JUDGES WOULD ON THE OTHER HAND
TELL ME TO GO ON WITH MY LIFE. YEA RIGHT I TOLD THEM! NEVERRRRRR! JIMMY IS MY
LIFE AND HE DOES NOT BELONG IN HERE.
WELL LIKE I SAID FINALLY AFTER MANY YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO GET JIMMY RELEASED
BUT THE WORST OF THE WORST HAPPENED. JIMMY'S DAD
AND I WERE GOING TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND RAISE JIMMY AND HELP HIM. JIMMY WAS
ON OF THE HAPPIEST KIDS NOW WITH HIS DREAM ABOUT TO COME TRUE. (MOM AND DAD TOGETHER FINALLY AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS! WE WERE
BOTH THEN IN BAD SITUATIONS. ME TEMPORARY LIVING WITH A FRIEND. MARK, JIMMY'S DAD ALSO TEMPORARY LIVING WITH A FRIEND. I
ONLY HAD PART TIME WORK. MARK WOULD WATCH AND SPEND TIME WITH JIMMY WHEN I
WORKED. MARK HAD BEEN ON DISABILITY FROM A TRUCK ACCIDENT SINCE JIMMY'S
BIRTH SO HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH BUT WE WERE GOING TO
I HAD FOUGHT AND FOUGHT TO KEEP JIMMY OUT OF CYA. JIMMY AND I BOTH WERE SO
FRIGHTENED OF HIM ONE DAY GOING THERE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO
HIM? WELL NOW WE BOTH UNDERSTOOD OUR FEARS!
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING! WHILE YOU ARE INSIDE NO MATTER WHERE, MANY THINGS HAPPEN.
YOU MIGHT BE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS WHAT EVER BUT AS HARD AS YOU MAY TRY YOU
CAN END UP PICKING UP CASE AFTER CASE.
SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETHING YOU DID, MAYBE A STUPID THING, MAYBE SOMETHING YOU
HAVE NO CHOICE IF YOU WANT TO LIVE AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE JUST SET UP! ALL OF
THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO JIMMY FROM HALL TO THE BIG HOUSE!
JIMMY IS NOW TWENTY NINE AND DOING 135 YEARS!
FROM PELICAN BAY TO
IT TOOK PRISON ACTIVIST AND THE MEDIA AND MY SELF TO GET HIM OUT OF THOSE
KILLING MURDEROUS RESTRAINTS.
JIMMY HAS BEEN MEDICALLY NEGLECTED SO BADLY HE HAD NO IDEA WHOM HE WAS OR WHERE
HE WAS FOR WEEKS, AND MONTHS. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE WRONG DRUGS PURPOSELY TO
ANGER HIM. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN DRUGS THAT NEARLY DESTROYED HIS LIVER AND
GAVE HIM HEP C. IT TOOK OVER A YEAR TO GET HIM THE PROPER SHOTS TO HELP HIM
WITH THE LIVER CONDITION.
I HAVE TO SAY THROUGH ALL THE PRISONS TO ME
JIMMY WAS ALSO PUT IN WHAT WE ALL CALL THE COLD ROOM
TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR DAYS TO WEEKS AT A TIME. THIS IS WHERE
THEY PUNISH THE MENTALLY ILL FOR BEING ILL. THEY PUT THEM IN A COLD ROOM WITH
NO CLOTHES, NO BLANKETS NO MATTRESS NOTHING AND ON TOP OF IT FOR A SPECIAL
EFFECT FOR JIMMY NEXT TO A CELL WHERE THE PLUMBING IS BROKE AND THE HUMAN WASTE
IS RUNNING INTO MY SON'S COLD CELL. WHEN JIMMY WOULD COMPLAIN THE GUARDS WOULD
JUST TELL HIM. WELL THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU END UP HERE.
OH THEN THERE IS THE BROWN SPIDERS. OH YES. THEY ARE VERY POISONOUS. THEY WILL
KILL YOU. JIMMY WAS BITTEN BY ONE OF THEM IN THE
COLD ROOMS. THEY WOULD NOT GET HIM HELP. FINALLY DAYS AND DAYS LATER WHEN THEY
FINALLY DID HE NEEDED TWO WEEKS OF SHOTS. HE ALMOST DID NOT LIVE THROUGH THAT
ONE EITHER.
OK NOW YOU SHOULD GET THE MESSAGE I AM SENDING TO YOU. A
WELL YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW JIMMY ENDED UP WITH 135 YEARS RIGHT.
WHEN JIMMY WAS AT
OK SO HIS FRIEND MOVES OUT RIGHT. THEN TELL ME HOW IT IS THAT JIMMY ENDS UP
WITH THIS OTHER INMATE ON A DIFFERENT UNIT ONLY A FEW WEEKS OR SO AFTER ALL OF
THIS AND WHY?
THERE IS MUCH MORE TO ALL OF THIS. THE MEDIA WROTE A
I WILL TELL YOU THIS MUCH : THE TRIAL WAS A FARCE. THE
JUDGE HATED JIMMY AND SHOWED IT WITH NO CONCERN.
JIMMY DID NOT EVEN NEED TO BE PRESENT THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCING OF 125
YEARS PLUS TEN WERE ALREADY MADE LONG BEFORE HE EVER SHOWED UP IN COURT.
I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MY SON.
MARGIE AND JIMMY FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM!
IF ANYONE OUT THERE CAN HELP MY SON PLEASE CONTACT ME.
MOTHER OF JAMES DIESSO (MARGIE JUMP)
MARGIE AND JIMMY FOR FREEDOM!
THE
TRIAL OF JAMES DIESSO
Margie Jump's son James Diesso