Post by Steve Orbit on Sept 27, 2012 18:56:32 GMT -5
The following documents were leaked to WCF.com via anonymous source.
These documents are the property of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, specifically San Quentin State Prison.
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From the files of Maria Velasques, LMHC:
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5/12/02
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
INDUCTION EXAM
On the 12th of May, 2002, inmate Steven D. Orbit was admitted to San Quentin State Prison, where I work as a Mental Health Counselor. As per protocol, I performed a general mental health exam on the inmate on the second day of his incarceration. The following are the findings of my general exam.
Appearance: Inmate is a 19 year old African-American male, 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. Inmate was clean-shaven and well-groomed. Inmate appeared to take pride in his appearance, noting manicured fingernails. A certain arrogance surrounds him which was apparent to me immediately through his body language and movements. Other than that, nothing abnormal.
Speech: Inmate's speech was normal. He had no problem articulating his answers. He spoke clearly, but paused at times before answering-- during these times, I felt he was trying to manipulate me.
Mood: Inmate was calm and relaxed during our session, even when I asked him questions that he refused to answer, or questions that I believe made him uncomfortable.
Thought Stream/Form: Inmate was lucid and had no problem understanding my questions or delivering direct answers. Inmate showed no signs of delusions, phobias or compulsions. Suicidal ideation was not detected. Inmate expressed an unwillingness to open up to me about his personal life, but was willing to talk about his charges and his feelings about his sentencing.
Perception: Inmate exhibited normal perception. Symptoms such as illusions, misinterpretations, depersonalisation, etc were not detected.
Cognition: Inmate was alert and oriented to time and place. Inmate was able to answer questions and recall his past without difficulties.
Summary of general exam:
When inmate Steven D. Orbit entered the room, he made me somewhat uncomfortable due to the way he looked at me. He had the look that I have seen in the eyes of so many rapists that have come through this facility. However, as we spoke, I became more comfortable and I do not percieve this inmate as a potential rapist. Throughout our session, he did in fact make several unwanted and unwarranted sexual advances-- when threatened with more charges and loss of good time/priveledges, he finally ceased.
I asked the inmate a series of general questions to decide his placement within the prison. I came to the conclusion that he is suitable for general population, as he exhibits no signs of mental illness. I also concluded that he is not a threat to the safety of other inmates or correctional staff.
Inmate expressed interest in meeting with me for another session to discuss his mental health and well-being. At first I thought he was trying to manipulate me because he knew that I would be one of the only females that he would have the ability to interact with while serving his sentence. I asked him a series of follow-up questions about his life history and decided, based on his answers, that I would be willing to see him for a follow-up in six months. I made this decision based on the fact that incarceration along with therapy would decrease his chances of becoming a repeat offender once he finishes his sentence.
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11/13/02
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
FOLLOW-UP EXAM
On the 13th of November, 2002, I conducted a follow-up exam of inmate Steven D. Orbit. This was a general therapy session. I entered the session with the idea of learning as much about the inmate as I could get him to tell me, for the purpose of helping him to learn life skills that will benefit him when he is reintegrated into society.
Steven was very reluctant to talk about his early life and family history. I explained to him that it was essential for him to talk to me about these issues, but he began to get angry and frustrated. He wanted to talk about one subject-- pimping. I was afraid that he wanted to use this session as a mouthpeice for him to brag about his "success" as a street hustler, but what I discovered during this session was very interesting.
Working in California Corrections, I have examined countless street pimps. Most have the same traits-- sociopathic, unconcerned for their victims, self-centered and self-absorbed. Another common trait is they have created justifications in their own mind for their actions. While Steven exhibited some, if not all of these traits, our conversation did prove to be very interesting.
In my initial exam of Steven, I was only aware of his current charges (posession with intent to distribute narcotics). I had pegged him as a typical low-level gang member. What I discovered during this exam was that he had a very deep fascination with pimping and prostitution, and had in fact "turned out" several young women in the past few years. With the idea that I wanted to learn as much about the inmate as I could, in order to help him, I went along with his ranting about the "pimp game" and allowed him to talk at great length about his experiences and his ideas.
The topic was introduced when I asked the inmate what he planned to do upon release from this facility. Steven told me that he would take the advice of his cellmate, whom he appeared to have developed respect for, and leave the gang life/drug dealing behind him. I was happy to hear that-- until he told me about what his next venture would be. Pimping, full-time. I asked if he knew about the risks, and advised him that there would be a very high chance that he be arrested and imprisoned once again. He did not seem interested.
He went into great detail about how he worked with young girls-- he refused to acknowledge that they were victims, in fact, he described himself as their savior. He felt that there were many women who were prostituting themselves without any direction or future, and he would be there to help them (and of course, help himself). He described some of the rules he laid down for the girls that worked for him. No drinking or ingesting drugs while working, don't get into cars with tinted windows, don't run out of condoms, those were the basic rules. It became interesting for me when he told me about the next two rules. The first, no talking to any other black men-- to me, it showed that Steven was self-conscious and unsure of himself, and most importantly, afraid of losing what he had (his girls) to another pimp. The other rule was the one that I found the most interesting, and the most manipulative and deceptive. He would instruct the girls not to do "double dates", and not to associate with or get close to any other females at work. He would tell them that it was for their own good, because they are in competition and competition breeds jealousy. But the true reason, which he revealed to me, was that he knew if the women got together, they could empower one another. Steven told me that he was afraid they would go out to work on their own, or even decide to go to the police and report him. This was the first time I had ever sat with a pimp and had him discuss, honestly, the psychology behind pimping and prostitution. I knew that pimps took advantage of disenfranchised women-- drug addicts, homeless, runaways, the like. But this was a look inside the mindset of a pimp that I had never experienced. The pimp truly controls these womens minds-- to the girls, the pimp is God, the pimp is the only one who cares, the pimp is their provider, their father figure, their world. They would, and do, sacrifice everything to please their pimp.
Steven futher told me how he would often bring girls to difference cities, even different states, for the purpose of prostituting them. This way, they were removed from their families and their familiar surroundings, and thus become ever the more dependent on him. He would have one girl, a "bottom bitch" who would beat the girls when they broke the rules-- this way, he could always be the caring, good guy-- not to mention be free from battery charges.
When the hour session was up, the inmate was in good spirits. He was happy to talk about what seemed to be his favorite subject. He asked for another appointment, which I declined. He became angry, but I explained to him that I did not see any further therapeutic value. I told him that unless he had a serious situation that needed attention, I would not see him again, and wish him luck when he completes his sentence.
Overall, it was an interesting and unique session for me as a mental health counselor.
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6/31/03
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
EMERGENCY EXAM
On the 31st of June, 2003, I conducted a mental health exam of inmate Steven D. Orbit. The reason for this exam was due to a recent incident involving the inmate and several other inmates and correctional staff.
On the 29th of June, 2003, inmate Steven D. Orbit (DOC #20583) was involved in a small-scale riot on yard B (aka the small yard). Although the incident is still under investigate, it is believed that the inmate was one of two men who started the fight which prompted the riot.
Steven came to my office directly after spending two days in the infirmary being treated for wounds recieved during the riot. He was calm, and had the same arrogant aire as the first day that I met with him. Security had provided me with a surveillance tape of the incident in question. I decided to show the inmate the tape before our session, in order for him to see his actions in third person. The purpose of this is for the inmate to accept the truth of what happened.
[Scene opens in a prison yard. It's exactly how you imagine it-- racially segregated, with big tattood white guys in one section, big tattood black guys in another section and black tattood latino guys in another section. Actually, the latino guys are in two different sections (Nortenos and Surenos don't mix well, but that's another story). There's guys working out with weights, other grousp doing calistenics in groups, and a few guards bunched together talking, not really paying attention to the yard.
All of a sudden, we see Steve Orbit get up from a bench and walk towards a group of Latinos. One particularly large Latino guy steps forward from the group and walks towards Orbit. They exchange a few words, get in each others faces, and then start swinging. At once, both ethnic groups (the black and Latinos) rush towards the fight and a huge brawl ensues. Orbit is holding his own-- he's beating the hell out of the guy he started to fight with, as well as fighting off several other guys at the same time. One inmate appears to be stabbing Orbit in the back with a very small shank-- Orbit hip-tosses him. He hits three jawbreakers in a row on three different guys, laying them out, and then starts fighting with some other Latinos, using wrestling throws here and there. Finally, the alarm sounds and shots are heard from the guard tower. Everyone on the yard hits the ground at once-- except Orbit. Orbit is seen arguing with a guard, and goes to grab the guard-- when he is hit with a bean bag shot, and knocked to the ground. The tape goes to static.]
After watching the tape, Steven seemed agitated. He was tapping his finger on the desk and making a lot of short movements, which was the first time I had observed this type of behavior in this inmate. I percieved Steven as calm and cool-headed. I intended to find out exactly what happened, what caused the fight, and what caused Steven to react in such a violent manner.
Recognizing his fragile state of mind, I applied some relaxation techniques with Steven. Following with a silent moment, I began to ask Steven a series of questions about the attack. Steven was very willing to open up, and was more introspective than in our past sessions. He explained that he had a previous confrontation with the other inmate involved in the argument. On the yard, the other inmate made a negative comment about Steven's mother, which Steven explained "caused him to snap". I asked him if he was afraid during the fight-- he denied being afraid. I asked him if he was aware that there were 30 other inmates involved in the fight-- he replied that he was aware, and that "he would have knocked them all out if the guards never hit the alarm". I asked him if he was stabbed-- he explained that he was indeed stabbed several times with a shank fashioned out of a radio antenna, and that he was careful to shake the inmate off of him before he was stabbed in an artery or an organ. I asked him where he learned to fight like that. He explained that he learned how to fight "on the streets", but also recieved some wrestling training at a local gym.
With that out of the way, I pressed the issue of his mother, and why the other inmate's comment had bothered him so much. Steven was angry and frustrated with my line of questions, but I pressed on because I felt that he wanted to talk. Something was holding him back. Was it shame? Was it denial? I wanted to find out, so I continued to ask questions. Finally, he explained to me that his mother died by gunfire when he was 8 years old, and that he had witnessed her death. At this point, so many things about Steven started to make sense to me. Upon further questioning, he explained that his mother was a Jamaican immigrant who had become a prostitute, working for a local pimp with whom he shared residence with as a boy. I asked how he felt about his mother being a prostitute-- he told me that he was proud of his mother, that she was "a hustler and a soldier" and he felt that she did everything that she did in order to provide for him. I asked how he felt about his mother's pimp. Steven then broke down into tears for the first time, showing that this man is indeed no sociopath, but an emotionally disturbed individual with many layers of complex issues surrounding his childhood and adolescence. Issues that surely influence his current lifestyle choices. He explained that his mother's pimp was a man named Joey, and that he holds him accountable for his mother's death. Joey had made attempts to contact Steven while he has been incarcerated, which Steven has denied thus far.
Due to the emotional nature of the conversation, I decided to change the topic to his father. At this point, Steven was completely open to answering my questions with honesty, in a straight-forward manner. Steven explained that he does not know his father. He explained that he knows his father was a boxer in Jamaica, whom he has never attempted to contact. I asked him if he would be open to having a relationship with his father-- he replied "hell no".
At this point, our session was over. I had come to many conclusions during this interview, and my entire assessment of this inmate has changed. I thanked him for his honesty, and he seemed to have benefited from the session. I believe he left a lot of his issues behind in my office this day.
For my own records, I studied my records of the three sessions I had with this inmate, and compiled a simple psychological profile of him based on what I had learned from speaking with him. I feel that Steven has created a "pimp" persona as a defense mechanism. Steven lost his mother in a very disturbing and psychologically damaging fashion. This will affect Steven's attitude towards women for the remainder of his life, unless he voluntarily undergoes rigorous therapy. Steven is afraid of being abandoned-- therefore, he surrounds himself with women, but keeps them at an emotional distance. He holds his mother in such a high regard-- to Steven, his mother was the perfect women, and no other women could ever come close to her. Steven only protects the positive memories of his mother, and denies any negative memories, which is the explaination for why he fought to protect her name when another man made a negative comment about her. Steven's idea of his mother is delusional and unrealistic, but typical of men who lose attachment to their mother at a young age. Steven is insecure and afraid, due to a lack of love and emotional support in childhood. His fascination with being a "pimp" is actually very understandable to me now. He wants men to fear him, yet admire him-- he wants to be accepted. He wants to be close to women, but he is afraid of being abandoned and afraid of not being loved-- therefore, he wishes to exert control over women. Steven's life on the street has made him extremely prone to violence. I don't believe that he is a sadist, or enjoys violence, but I believe he is fighter by instinct. I imagine he would make a fine boxer, or wrestler, due to his readiness and willingness to fight-- as well as the self-control and awareness he exhibited in such a chaotic situation.
I will not see this inmate again unless another incident occurs, or if he reoffends upon release, and comes through my office for another induction exam.
These documents are the property of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, specifically San Quentin State Prison.
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From the files of Maria Velasques, LMHC:
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5/12/02
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
INDUCTION EXAM
On the 12th of May, 2002, inmate Steven D. Orbit was admitted to San Quentin State Prison, where I work as a Mental Health Counselor. As per protocol, I performed a general mental health exam on the inmate on the second day of his incarceration. The following are the findings of my general exam.
Appearance: Inmate is a 19 year old African-American male, 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. Inmate was clean-shaven and well-groomed. Inmate appeared to take pride in his appearance, noting manicured fingernails. A certain arrogance surrounds him which was apparent to me immediately through his body language and movements. Other than that, nothing abnormal.
Speech: Inmate's speech was normal. He had no problem articulating his answers. He spoke clearly, but paused at times before answering-- during these times, I felt he was trying to manipulate me.
Mood: Inmate was calm and relaxed during our session, even when I asked him questions that he refused to answer, or questions that I believe made him uncomfortable.
Thought Stream/Form: Inmate was lucid and had no problem understanding my questions or delivering direct answers. Inmate showed no signs of delusions, phobias or compulsions. Suicidal ideation was not detected. Inmate expressed an unwillingness to open up to me about his personal life, but was willing to talk about his charges and his feelings about his sentencing.
Perception: Inmate exhibited normal perception. Symptoms such as illusions, misinterpretations, depersonalisation, etc were not detected.
Cognition: Inmate was alert and oriented to time and place. Inmate was able to answer questions and recall his past without difficulties.
Summary of general exam:
When inmate Steven D. Orbit entered the room, he made me somewhat uncomfortable due to the way he looked at me. He had the look that I have seen in the eyes of so many rapists that have come through this facility. However, as we spoke, I became more comfortable and I do not percieve this inmate as a potential rapist. Throughout our session, he did in fact make several unwanted and unwarranted sexual advances-- when threatened with more charges and loss of good time/priveledges, he finally ceased.
I asked the inmate a series of general questions to decide his placement within the prison. I came to the conclusion that he is suitable for general population, as he exhibits no signs of mental illness. I also concluded that he is not a threat to the safety of other inmates or correctional staff.
Inmate expressed interest in meeting with me for another session to discuss his mental health and well-being. At first I thought he was trying to manipulate me because he knew that I would be one of the only females that he would have the ability to interact with while serving his sentence. I asked him a series of follow-up questions about his life history and decided, based on his answers, that I would be willing to see him for a follow-up in six months. I made this decision based on the fact that incarceration along with therapy would decrease his chances of becoming a repeat offender once he finishes his sentence.
========================================
11/13/02
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
FOLLOW-UP EXAM
On the 13th of November, 2002, I conducted a follow-up exam of inmate Steven D. Orbit. This was a general therapy session. I entered the session with the idea of learning as much about the inmate as I could get him to tell me, for the purpose of helping him to learn life skills that will benefit him when he is reintegrated into society.
Steven was very reluctant to talk about his early life and family history. I explained to him that it was essential for him to talk to me about these issues, but he began to get angry and frustrated. He wanted to talk about one subject-- pimping. I was afraid that he wanted to use this session as a mouthpeice for him to brag about his "success" as a street hustler, but what I discovered during this session was very interesting.
Working in California Corrections, I have examined countless street pimps. Most have the same traits-- sociopathic, unconcerned for their victims, self-centered and self-absorbed. Another common trait is they have created justifications in their own mind for their actions. While Steven exhibited some, if not all of these traits, our conversation did prove to be very interesting.
In my initial exam of Steven, I was only aware of his current charges (posession with intent to distribute narcotics). I had pegged him as a typical low-level gang member. What I discovered during this exam was that he had a very deep fascination with pimping and prostitution, and had in fact "turned out" several young women in the past few years. With the idea that I wanted to learn as much about the inmate as I could, in order to help him, I went along with his ranting about the "pimp game" and allowed him to talk at great length about his experiences and his ideas.
The topic was introduced when I asked the inmate what he planned to do upon release from this facility. Steven told me that he would take the advice of his cellmate, whom he appeared to have developed respect for, and leave the gang life/drug dealing behind him. I was happy to hear that-- until he told me about what his next venture would be. Pimping, full-time. I asked if he knew about the risks, and advised him that there would be a very high chance that he be arrested and imprisoned once again. He did not seem interested.
He went into great detail about how he worked with young girls-- he refused to acknowledge that they were victims, in fact, he described himself as their savior. He felt that there were many women who were prostituting themselves without any direction or future, and he would be there to help them (and of course, help himself). He described some of the rules he laid down for the girls that worked for him. No drinking or ingesting drugs while working, don't get into cars with tinted windows, don't run out of condoms, those were the basic rules. It became interesting for me when he told me about the next two rules. The first, no talking to any other black men-- to me, it showed that Steven was self-conscious and unsure of himself, and most importantly, afraid of losing what he had (his girls) to another pimp. The other rule was the one that I found the most interesting, and the most manipulative and deceptive. He would instruct the girls not to do "double dates", and not to associate with or get close to any other females at work. He would tell them that it was for their own good, because they are in competition and competition breeds jealousy. But the true reason, which he revealed to me, was that he knew if the women got together, they could empower one another. Steven told me that he was afraid they would go out to work on their own, or even decide to go to the police and report him. This was the first time I had ever sat with a pimp and had him discuss, honestly, the psychology behind pimping and prostitution. I knew that pimps took advantage of disenfranchised women-- drug addicts, homeless, runaways, the like. But this was a look inside the mindset of a pimp that I had never experienced. The pimp truly controls these womens minds-- to the girls, the pimp is God, the pimp is the only one who cares, the pimp is their provider, their father figure, their world. They would, and do, sacrifice everything to please their pimp.
Steven futher told me how he would often bring girls to difference cities, even different states, for the purpose of prostituting them. This way, they were removed from their families and their familiar surroundings, and thus become ever the more dependent on him. He would have one girl, a "bottom bitch" who would beat the girls when they broke the rules-- this way, he could always be the caring, good guy-- not to mention be free from battery charges.
When the hour session was up, the inmate was in good spirits. He was happy to talk about what seemed to be his favorite subject. He asked for another appointment, which I declined. He became angry, but I explained to him that I did not see any further therapeutic value. I told him that unless he had a serious situation that needed attention, I would not see him again, and wish him luck when he completes his sentence.
Overall, it was an interesting and unique session for me as a mental health counselor.
=================================
6/31/03
INMATE #20583
ORBIT, STEVEN DAMIEN
EMERGENCY EXAM
On the 31st of June, 2003, I conducted a mental health exam of inmate Steven D. Orbit. The reason for this exam was due to a recent incident involving the inmate and several other inmates and correctional staff.
On the 29th of June, 2003, inmate Steven D. Orbit (DOC #20583) was involved in a small-scale riot on yard B (aka the small yard). Although the incident is still under investigate, it is believed that the inmate was one of two men who started the fight which prompted the riot.
Steven came to my office directly after spending two days in the infirmary being treated for wounds recieved during the riot. He was calm, and had the same arrogant aire as the first day that I met with him. Security had provided me with a surveillance tape of the incident in question. I decided to show the inmate the tape before our session, in order for him to see his actions in third person. The purpose of this is for the inmate to accept the truth of what happened.
[Scene opens in a prison yard. It's exactly how you imagine it-- racially segregated, with big tattood white guys in one section, big tattood black guys in another section and black tattood latino guys in another section. Actually, the latino guys are in two different sections (Nortenos and Surenos don't mix well, but that's another story). There's guys working out with weights, other grousp doing calistenics in groups, and a few guards bunched together talking, not really paying attention to the yard.
All of a sudden, we see Steve Orbit get up from a bench and walk towards a group of Latinos. One particularly large Latino guy steps forward from the group and walks towards Orbit. They exchange a few words, get in each others faces, and then start swinging. At once, both ethnic groups (the black and Latinos) rush towards the fight and a huge brawl ensues. Orbit is holding his own-- he's beating the hell out of the guy he started to fight with, as well as fighting off several other guys at the same time. One inmate appears to be stabbing Orbit in the back with a very small shank-- Orbit hip-tosses him. He hits three jawbreakers in a row on three different guys, laying them out, and then starts fighting with some other Latinos, using wrestling throws here and there. Finally, the alarm sounds and shots are heard from the guard tower. Everyone on the yard hits the ground at once-- except Orbit. Orbit is seen arguing with a guard, and goes to grab the guard-- when he is hit with a bean bag shot, and knocked to the ground. The tape goes to static.]
After watching the tape, Steven seemed agitated. He was tapping his finger on the desk and making a lot of short movements, which was the first time I had observed this type of behavior in this inmate. I percieved Steven as calm and cool-headed. I intended to find out exactly what happened, what caused the fight, and what caused Steven to react in such a violent manner.
Recognizing his fragile state of mind, I applied some relaxation techniques with Steven. Following with a silent moment, I began to ask Steven a series of questions about the attack. Steven was very willing to open up, and was more introspective than in our past sessions. He explained that he had a previous confrontation with the other inmate involved in the argument. On the yard, the other inmate made a negative comment about Steven's mother, which Steven explained "caused him to snap". I asked him if he was afraid during the fight-- he denied being afraid. I asked him if he was aware that there were 30 other inmates involved in the fight-- he replied that he was aware, and that "he would have knocked them all out if the guards never hit the alarm". I asked him if he was stabbed-- he explained that he was indeed stabbed several times with a shank fashioned out of a radio antenna, and that he was careful to shake the inmate off of him before he was stabbed in an artery or an organ. I asked him where he learned to fight like that. He explained that he learned how to fight "on the streets", but also recieved some wrestling training at a local gym.
With that out of the way, I pressed the issue of his mother, and why the other inmate's comment had bothered him so much. Steven was angry and frustrated with my line of questions, but I pressed on because I felt that he wanted to talk. Something was holding him back. Was it shame? Was it denial? I wanted to find out, so I continued to ask questions. Finally, he explained to me that his mother died by gunfire when he was 8 years old, and that he had witnessed her death. At this point, so many things about Steven started to make sense to me. Upon further questioning, he explained that his mother was a Jamaican immigrant who had become a prostitute, working for a local pimp with whom he shared residence with as a boy. I asked how he felt about his mother being a prostitute-- he told me that he was proud of his mother, that she was "a hustler and a soldier" and he felt that she did everything that she did in order to provide for him. I asked how he felt about his mother's pimp. Steven then broke down into tears for the first time, showing that this man is indeed no sociopath, but an emotionally disturbed individual with many layers of complex issues surrounding his childhood and adolescence. Issues that surely influence his current lifestyle choices. He explained that his mother's pimp was a man named Joey, and that he holds him accountable for his mother's death. Joey had made attempts to contact Steven while he has been incarcerated, which Steven has denied thus far.
Due to the emotional nature of the conversation, I decided to change the topic to his father. At this point, Steven was completely open to answering my questions with honesty, in a straight-forward manner. Steven explained that he does not know his father. He explained that he knows his father was a boxer in Jamaica, whom he has never attempted to contact. I asked him if he would be open to having a relationship with his father-- he replied "hell no".
At this point, our session was over. I had come to many conclusions during this interview, and my entire assessment of this inmate has changed. I thanked him for his honesty, and he seemed to have benefited from the session. I believe he left a lot of his issues behind in my office this day.
For my own records, I studied my records of the three sessions I had with this inmate, and compiled a simple psychological profile of him based on what I had learned from speaking with him. I feel that Steven has created a "pimp" persona as a defense mechanism. Steven lost his mother in a very disturbing and psychologically damaging fashion. This will affect Steven's attitude towards women for the remainder of his life, unless he voluntarily undergoes rigorous therapy. Steven is afraid of being abandoned-- therefore, he surrounds himself with women, but keeps them at an emotional distance. He holds his mother in such a high regard-- to Steven, his mother was the perfect women, and no other women could ever come close to her. Steven only protects the positive memories of his mother, and denies any negative memories, which is the explaination for why he fought to protect her name when another man made a negative comment about her. Steven's idea of his mother is delusional and unrealistic, but typical of men who lose attachment to their mother at a young age. Steven is insecure and afraid, due to a lack of love and emotional support in childhood. His fascination with being a "pimp" is actually very understandable to me now. He wants men to fear him, yet admire him-- he wants to be accepted. He wants to be close to women, but he is afraid of being abandoned and afraid of not being loved-- therefore, he wishes to exert control over women. Steven's life on the street has made him extremely prone to violence. I don't believe that he is a sadist, or enjoys violence, but I believe he is fighter by instinct. I imagine he would make a fine boxer, or wrestler, due to his readiness and willingness to fight-- as well as the self-control and awareness he exhibited in such a chaotic situation.
I will not see this inmate again unless another incident occurs, or if he reoffends upon release, and comes through my office for another induction exam.
