Opening scene
Late at night behind the well secured entrance to the “White House” the deputy director of prisons is going through the garbage – he just happens upon three packages of Ganja- ooops!! They blame the prison trustee? What? Why would a prisoner carry drugs inside the office of the prison administration? OK let’s continue…
Scene 2
The prison deputy director gives a statement to the press – he does not understand why the finding of illegal drugs within its administration building is news. Ouch; he didn’t say that or did he? Rewind the film, please. He does not understand why the finding of illegal drugs within its administration building is news. This opens a can of worms… (The movie clip goes back in time- from February 16th, 2012, to August 18th, 2011).
The OCC commissioner says there was a retaliation at Fairbanks.
The now retired deputy governor wants the OCC commissioner to take back what she said.
The OCC commissioner again confirms – it was a retaliation and if the retired Deputy Governor doesn’t like her findings, he can have a judicial review.
Scene 3
The scene goes back in time further in time (December 4th, 2010) – a nine-member Emergency Response Team (known as SWAT in the USA) is deployed to Fairbanks to find a cell phone on a teen girl. They cuff her, rip her clothing and bruise her – then they obtain the phone on her bed. One officer shouts at the girl “that’s what you get for writing letters about officers”. She goes to the doctor to be examined the following day.
The governor says there was no retaliation. Duhhhhhh.
The new deputy governor says the OCC commissioner did not tell him she was investigating.
Scene 4
The prison deputy director says he does not understand why the finding of illegal drugs within its administration building is news. (The movie director thought this line was so good that he tossed it in again).
The IPAC report arrives at the governor’s office – it concludes (along with other concerns) there are overriding concerns expressed in the review that all those factors contributed to a lack of confidence in prison management.
A re-offender tells a judge: Prison was not a deterrent because of the easy availability of drugs there.
The Italian boat captain of the Costa Concordia says, “I tripped and fell into the lifeboat” while 17 people died on his sinking ship. Hey, how did the captain get into this scene? (The captain and the deputy prison director have the same script writer)
Closing scene
The governor’s head is stuck in the sand.
As the credits roll: A new Grammy winning reggae song “Ganja in the White House” plays in the background.
As I leave the theater I try to make sense of it all – but it’s impossible. Cell phones and drugs are both considered contraband. The fine for an illicit cell phone at HMCIP is around $25 – the fine for illicit drugs is around $15,000. I wonder if the administrators in the “White House” were strip searched and made to squat and cough?
Play it again Sam. “Ganja in de White House”, “Ganja in de White House”…etc etc
I’m going to send this idea to Frankie Flowers – this could be the big one.
HG Nowak
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