It's simple. If anyone publically suggests the possibility of problems with the director of the Arizona Department of Health Services performance, he willfully stifles that information in order to maintain his claims that all is well.
This is censureship through and through, designed to deny the public access to factual reports submitted in good faith by persons who directly experience the realities of his performance as staff, clients, you name it.
It is also 100% consistent with the manner in which ADHS mishandles good faith grievance reports submitted by patients at The Arizona State Hospital, regardless of the merits or related severity of the issues at stake, be it outright physical abuse, administrative malfeasance, whatever.
BOTTOMLINE: If it doesn't fit the scheme that Humble and company are dedicated to fabricating in prime time media coverage or so called tools of open discourse such as Humble's blog, it is not going to be made public. Business as usual, in other words.
SEE BELOW:
A) The first paragraphs of a recent article published by Arizona Department of Health Services Director WILL HUMBLE in his official blog.
B) A reader's comments to the article. The "reader" is the executive officer of a company that holds a contract with the Humble's ADHS empire.
C) Another reader's comments to the article. The "reader" is me. I am a taxpaying citizen of Arizona and a former patient at The Arizona State Hospital, with extensive first person experience relating to the matters discussed in the article and a good faith dedication to seeing that the endemic and unlawful problems at ASH are meaningfully addressed in accordance with established law and recognized codes of common decency, my concerns deriving entirely from my awareness that ASH's seriously mentally ill and disabled patients are being denied reasonably decent care and treatment.
INTRODUCTION: AS ALREADY POINTED OUT IN MY OWN WRITING, AS WELL AS IN RECENT MEDIA REPORTS (SEE AZFAMILY.COM PHOENIX CH. 12 [AUG. 14, 2013] "SECURITY CHANGES AT THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL"; PHOENIX NEWS CH. 15 [AUG. 11, 12, 26] "INSIDERS TELL ABC 15 INVESITGATORS SECURITY CUTS AT STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL PUT PUBLIC AT RISK"), THERE IS AN ONGOING AND UNDENIABLE FLOW OF DECEITFUL INFORMATION EMITTING FROM THE OFFICE OF ARIZONA'S HIGHEST RANKING PUBLIC HEALTH CARE OFFICIAL, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DIRECTOR WILL HUMBLE, WHO IS COMPLICIT WITH ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL SUPERVISOR CORY NELSON IN MAINTAINING WHAT I CONTEND TO BE GROSSLY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT ASH THAT EXIST IN CONTRADICTION TO THE COMMON GOOD AND IN DEFIANCE OF ESTABLISHED LAW AND POLICY.
THE FOLLOWING DATA OFFERS A GLARING EXAMPLE OF HOW HUMBLE WILLFULLY CONTROLS THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE IN HIS OFFICIAL BLOG (A). ANY/ALL COMMENTS POSTED IN RESPONSE TO HUMBLE'S ARTICLES THAT DO NOT JIBE WITH THE HYPE THAT HUMBLE BASES THEM ON ARE OMITTED FROM THE RECORD AND HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC CONSIDERATION (C), WHILE THE ONLY COMMENTS YOU WILL EVER SEE INCLUDED ON THE OFFICIAL ADHS RECORD TAKE THE FORM OF THE FOLLOWING ONE (B), DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED BY ONE OF HUMBLE'S ASSOCIATES (TONY JACE).
HUMBLE ALWAYS STRIKES MY COMMENTS FROM THE OFFICIAL ADHS RECORD, COMMENTS THAT I SUBMIT IN GOOD FAITH, AS I DO WITH ALL SUCH INTERCOURSE AND COMMUNICATION IN THIS CONTEXT. HE DOES THIS IN ORDER TO DENY THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO FACTUAL INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THESE MATTERS, AND IN DOING SO, IS IN VIOLATION OF HIS OBLIGATIONS TO THE PUBLIC TRUST.
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New State Hospital Treatment Approach Leads to Improved Outcomes
February 12th, 2013 by Will HumbleLeave a reply »
One priority at ADHS is helping patients on their path to Recovery at the State Hospital. Our Hospital team cares for people who have mental health issues, whether for civil reasons or committed through the criminal courts. We also oversee the Arizona Community Protection and Treatment Center.
Recent changes in security are making the Hospital a better place for patients, staff and the public. In the last four months – we’ve greatly reduced injuries to patients and staff – 23% for patient on patient assaults, 72% for patient on staff assaults; and we’ve reduced injuries by 83% for staff injuries from patient assaults, 26% for patient self injury. (B)
Feb. 18, 2013
Director Humble,
from us here at CPI we are thrilled to see the results you’re achieving– it’s a testament to your commitment to care, dedicated staff, and drive to serve Arizonians as safely as possible.
Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Tony Jace, CEO
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(C)
March 11, 2013
Director Humble:
From us here in the public milieu, including but not limited to former ASH patients and their families, current and former ASH staff, and numerous other concerned citizens of Arizona, we demand an honest and forthright response to data that clearly contradicts your various claims in relation to failed policy changes at The Arizona State Hospital. There is irrefutable evidence readily available today illustrating the harmful impacts of this failed policy, and you are aware of this evidence, for it has been publicly featured in the popular press on prime time television and Phoenix area newspapers. Your refusal to engage in open door and civil discourse with the public specific to the identified problems at ASH and in ADHS is a testament to our deepest concerns, namely that you and your employees are engaged in bad faith misconduct which directly puts the seriously mentally ill and disabled patients at ASH at great risk of harm to their emotional, psychological, and physical welfare, as well as putting the greater public at risk in terms of general safety concerns.
Said bad faith misconduct is in graphic violation of the public trust and you know it. Please do not delete this comment. I am a citizen and I have the fundamental right to be included in this process. Allow the concerns of all interested citizens to be included in this process, and do not continue to ignore citizens (like myself), to whom you have a strict duty in terms of the public trust, as we openly seek to be included in this process.
Shame on you, Will Humble! Cease and desist now!
Sincerely, PJ Reed.
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IN CLOSING:
Tony Jace is a corporate executive officer who's primary obligation is to the shareholders of the corporation that he oversees, The Crisis Prevention Institute. He is not a citizen of Arizona. As such, there is nothing more than a standard business contract underlying the relationship of this man to/with the Arizona Department of Health Services, and any praise that he might happen to offer reflects nothing other than the benefits of the relationship directly flowing to his shareholders, versus to the citizens of Arizona, and certainly not to the patients at The Arizona State Hospital. In fact, this man has no awareness of the actual conditions in The Arizona State Hospital other than information disseminated by Will Humble, as illustrated above.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO RECOGNIZE THE DECEITFUL NATURE OF THIS SORT OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE.
I have directly submitted numerous communications to Will Humble, including in relation to other past article postings on his official ADHS blog. I have offered him detailed data and testimony specific to the substandard health care and practices at ASH, with emphasis on the presence at ASH of graphic emotional, psychological, and physical abuse of the highly vulnerable patients there on a number of occasions. I have always submitted these in a civil manner, in accordance with protocol, and my passion is arguably the most pronounced tone of any such communications.
HE NEVER RESPONDS IN KIND.
We the people are deserving of more. Patient abuse is inhumane, highly illegal, and patently unacceptable. End of story.
paoloreed@gmail.com
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at ASH, and anonymous comments are fine. In any case, I am more than willing to value anybody's feelings about my writing, and I assure you that I will not intentionally exploit or otherwise abuse your right to express yourself as you deem fit. This topic is far, far too important for anything less. Thank you, whoever you are. Peace and Frogs.