godsfavor1
Disciple of Prayer
I am asking for prayers from the saints, I know God to be a healer, a lawyer and whatever I need in every situation of my life and I know if two or more agree God would show up. I am service connected disabled veteran with over 12 years of honorable government service, with the last eight in the Bureau of Prisons, I am being discriminated against because of my disability and retaliated against due to a prior EEO complaint filed in 2013 in violation of my religious rights as an employee, a recent whistleblower reporting of (T&A), Time and attendance complaint to OIG on The Human Resource Manager and Associate Warden. The Human Resource Manager and AW have made the decision to remove me from office in the Facilities Department in which, I work since October 2012. On September the 16th I was removed from my job was told to go to the front (Human Resources) until they could sort out what I can and could not do as an Officer. I told my supervisor I’m not an Officer, I’m a Facilities Assistant I understand my position as a Correctional worker first but that means that I would have to respond to emergencies in which I have for 8 and 1/2 years . I was hired in 2007 with a diagnosis of Anxiety, adjustment, personality and Mood disorders, which were diagnosed in Feb 1996 from a service, connected sexual assault in 1993, at the time there was no such thing as PTSD. I was reevaluated and my diagnosis was changed to the appropriate diagnosis of chronic PTSD due to a service connected MST.
This was disclosed to the Resource Manager in 2007 when I accepted employment with the Bureau of Prisons. I was question of the reason of my discharge located on my DD214. I was asked in 2007 if I needed reasonable accommodations, in which I stated no because my diagnosis was dormant and I had not had any medical problems at the time because of continuous treatment and therapy. I was told that I had to have another doctor opinion and bring in documentation to clear me to work for the Bureau of prisons. I paid for this service and was cleared to work for the Bureau of Prisons in March of 2007. I was hired on to work as a correctional Officer in June 2007, were I held this position for three years with no disciplinary problems, exceptional evaluations and Sustained Superior performance Award ratings twice as an officer. I held the position of unit Secretary for two years with no disciplinary problems, also exceptional evaluations and held the title of Correctional Worker of the month in Nov 2012 for Outstanding Secretarial duties in helping other buildings with inmate release paper work and clerical duties because Fci Bennettsville was down two secretaries . I have held the current position as the Facilities Assistant for three years for FCI Bennettsville with Outstanding evaluations and Sustain Superior performance and quality step increases until sept 16 2015.
My disability laid dormant with medications and therapy until October of 2013 when I filed on an Aw for calling me Ignorant based on my religious beliefs, because I didn’t want to associate myself with the force lbgt functions as a Christian that my job had adopted . After the altercation with this Aw my PTSD was triggered and my medical condition had indeed become worse and I began weekly doctor’s care since. I talked to my Doctor in April of 2015 in which the institution had started mandating non custody working staff on a regular basis to work custody post. My doctor told me in March that he wanted me to file for FMLA because in his medical opinion he would not suggest to me working in an enclosed unit with inmates for a long period of time which is a custody post and may set triggers, worsen my depression, hypervigilance and panic attacks and he didn’t think it was a good idea to go back into that environment until I could successfully manage the triggers that resurface after the EEO complaint that was filed in 2013. I was told I should think about seeking employment elsewhere or retire to alleviate the stress that my job was causing to prevent deterioration or further decomposition of my health. I requested a disability retirement the next day.
July 24 2015 I was asked by my General Forman to perform a Time and attendance violation, in which I refused to do but the Human Resource manager perform the violation after I informed her twice via email that it could not be done and seeked clarification after no response from the Human Resource Manager So I did not key the staff T&A
Monday July 27, I was called at my weekly therapy PTSD sessions in Fayetteville NC from General Forman B. Shipman and was asked why I didn’t key the staff in question T&A. I responded that I was in the middle of an appointment and was not going to key that staff for being at work when he was AWOL. He had no time on the books, no BP- 369 routing for comp time and no Lwop memo signed by the warden. He hung up the phone, I continued my appointment.
On Tuesday July 28 I arrived to work, The Human Resource Manager had performed the violation and the General Forman had certified the incorrect T&A. I called and email the union and informed them the violation and told him I was referring it due to the staff being on my contact it would cause me leave errors because he had no time or leave and I would have to try and correct the T&A.
On July 30 I informed the Aw (Acting Warden) of the violation after he was told of the violation by Union President Tyson He approached me about it in the front lobby. He wanted to know what happened because he was acting warden for two weeks. I told him what happened, He called the SIS LT and the date on which the Human Resource Officer had gave the Officer time for, he had actually been referred for being AWOL on the same two days, by the General Forman that tried to get me to violate policy concerning that T&A.
August 3, 2015, I referred the infraction to OIG, because the staff is part of my Contact for T&A’s , I actually key this staff and if I had any leave errors because of this violation I wanted my CEO to know it wasn’t because of my actions. I realized that not only did the Aw not report the infraction, but gave the Human Resource Manager time to rectify the problem that same day in which the T&A was still incorrect because he was keyed for comp time that was performed on the 22nd of July but was keyed for the 21 of July but was not Authorized until August 4th 2015. SIS LT Caruluzzi called and asked me for a copy of the memo I sent for referral. I emailed him a copy. In Pay period 15, I receive a leave error that was caused by the HRM and didn’t know how to fix it and gave the T&A to human resources so they could fix it.
August 11th, 2015 I was asked by my supervisor for medical documentation and about my disability. I was shocked and informed my supervisor that I had emailed that information to the warden and I would only talk to OPM and the warden about my disability and that it was processed with my medical disability retirement paperwork. I informed my supervisor that my personal medical information was just that and I wasn’t disclosing it so that it would be held against me.
He informed me, the AW and Human Resource Manger wanted that information. I explained to him that I will not give them any medical documentation concerning me but I will give it to the warden only. That they only wanted to used it in retaliation to me referring the T&A incident.
August 12th, 2015 I was stopped and asked about my disability in the front lobby. I directed everyone that called and asked that day to talk with the warden.
On August 14th, 2015 my supervisor asked me again for medical documentation that the Aw asked him if he asked me for it concerning your disability what you want me to tell him. I said everyone doesn’t need to know my business.
Sept 8th , 2015 My supervisor came to me and asked me for my medical documentation once again , that the Aw had advised him that he asked the warden and the Aw said the warden wasn’t aware and said he didn’t get anything from me concerning medical documentation . I told my supervisor he did get it and showed him the email property where the warden opened it and he said ok there’s nothing else I could do.
Sept 14th My supervisor approached me again and said the AW and Human Resource Manager needed my paperwork and he was sent again to acquire my medical documentation at this point I was being harassed and my civil rights were indeed being violated and I realized I was being retaliated on by the two individuals that I referred for time and attendance fraud.
Sept 15th 2015 My supervisor approached me and before he got it out I told him I requested to speak with the warden concerning this because I’m was being harassed and retaliated on. I then email the warden and informed him I was filing on Furman and Holmes because they had indeed subjected me to a hostile working environment and was indeed retaliating and harassing me. I was being harassed due to my disability, previous EEO involvement and whistle blowing on them.
At 12:45 the same day my supervisor approached me and informed me, Mrs. Holmes asked if he had any luck getting the medical documentation, I told him to inform her that, I was going to talk to the warden about that.
September 16th, the warden secretary called me and gave me a 7:30 a.m. appointment to see the warden on Thursday September the 17th.
At 12 p.m. my supervisor came to the office and said I had to leave that Furman and Holmes had my medical documentation that I had share with the warden. Not only was I embarrassed and offended that the warden of FCI Bennettsville would violate my civil rights as an employee, a disabled veteran, and violation of the HIPAA Act of 2006 and give my medical documentation to them after I disclosed to him that they were harassing me. This information was indeed used on Sept 16 th to violate work place retaliation and discrimination based on my disability.
I was not given a chance to gather any of my personal belonging before leaving my office.
12:45 I emailed my doctor and informed him my warden had given the two individuals that I had talked to him about the last two months my medical documents without my permission. That they wanted revised documentation because of the verbiage of one of the letters. I signed a SF-71 leave form for sick leave. I went to my doctor’s office the secretary gave me an appointment for the following morning at 8:30 a.m.
September 17th my doctor provided me with more documentation with wording he thought my job would understand. I returned to work and scanned the letter once again to the warden on the 17th of September around, I then went home.
September 18th 2015 at 6:20 a.m., I called to see if I could return to work because I never got a call from my supervisor. I left a message if I could not that I was requesting Annual Leave. I received a call back at 8:50 a.m., where my supervisor said that AW Furman and Mrs. Holmes had not read over my medical documentation and that it was okay for me to come to the Garage and work until they can decide what they are going to do. They wanted to know what I can and can’t do at the institution so they could give me a reasonable accommodations or a TAD letter.
I told him I didn’t ask for a tad or reasonable accommodations I was hired with my diagnoses and ask then and I stated no and was told because of my dd214 I needed to be evaluated and cleared to work there in which I paid and had done, I did my job for eight years and now it’s a problem because of my whistleblowing.
I was told I wasn’t going to be able to return to my office because I can’t work in a unit which is a custody staff post. My letter does not say I can’t work custody it says I can’t work the unit I’m not custody staff but non custody and this is because of my disability, My letter clearly states what custody posts I could and could not work,
September 21, 2015 I have been reassigned to a room where the refrigerator is continuously running and making a loud noise that is triggering my PTSD symptoms. The retaliation is not only real but demeaning in nature and has limited me to no access of the resources needed to perform my duties as a facilities assistant. This ongoing harassment has created a difficult, isolated, depressing and hostile working environment for me as an employee in which I told my supervisor that the relocation, down the hall from the perpetrator and forced reasonable accommodations tactics for me to resign or get a reason to be fired, before my retirement has triggered my PTSD although I’m taking my medicine.
I Emailed the EEO counselor and asked to put in an EEO complaint for retaliation.
Sept 22,I was called in the human resources office, by a Beth Graham, whom said that she needed to talk to me about the Temporary Modified Job assignment. I asked and who requested this she stated oh it was signed by AW of programs Paul Kelly for the Warden. I asked why when the warden has been here for the last two weeks I didn’t know anyone was acting for him, and another thing why would a custody AW sign off on a modified letter for non-custody staff. I got no answer from Mrs. Graham, started with:
MRS. GRAHAM: This letter confirms your need for a permanent medical restriction as a result of your diagnoses of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder . I have reviewed your medical information from Anson Nguyen, MD dated September 17th 2015. Dr. Nguyen indicates that you are not capable of performing the duties of a Correctional worker.
ME: I stopped Mrs. Graham and said that is not what my doctor wrote are you serious? You guys have twisted his whole letter that’s not what he wrote.
MRS. GRAHAM: Well let me explain it to you like this Mrs. Cullins in the Correctional industry it’s all or nothing, you can’t just pick and choose what you want to work.
MRS. GRAHAM: You were advised that a temporary modified job assignment would be made available to you pending your request for reasonable accommodation.
ME: Ma’am I don’t mean no disrespect but I wasn’t notified of anything but was told I had to leave my job area and could not return and I’ve been here 8 years and never asked for a reasonable accommodations so what are you talking about this is a force accommodation due to retaliation. I’ve ve always manage to come in here and perform my duties and if you check my record I’ve only had excellent, outstanding and sustained superior performances after my first year of working for you, I’ve never asked for a reasonable accommodations I’m non custody staff and you guys have to take into considerations what non custody staff can and cannot do before you make mandatory augmentation rosters.
Mrs. Graham: You are assigned to the Human resources area; you are not to enter the secure perimeter of the institution. Your temporary job assignment will expire on November 15, or once you receive updated restrictions from your physician. You can accept this offer or not, if you don’t accept you will have to leave the institution. Pulls out the second sheet of paper with just I accept or don’t accept and employees signature.
Me: wow the old bait and switch you want me to sign this blank paper so you can actually shred the top sheet add what you want out that folder and send it to the region. Because this information in this memo is actually not what my doctor wrote. The first sentence you stated and I do quote was my medical restrictions were permanent when you actually giving me 30 days to recover from a service connected disability that you hired me with eight years ago and knew about that I was question about and told I had to see a doctor and be cleared to work here. Now, basically you want to get rid of me ever since the last week of July when I reported a work violation. Now I’m not stupid but, that is what you are saying right. And if I don’t sign this paper I have to leave the institution. Ok I grabbed the paper and stated I’m leaving the institution.
MRS. GRAHAM: Grabs her shirt and starts fanning as if she was nervous and said yes but hold on Ms. Cullins you can’t have my paper you got to give me that back
ME: Because it’s a lie all the way through no I think I’ll keep it so when I file EEO everyone can actually see the under handily stuff you guys are doing to disabled veterans around here.
MRS. GRAHAM: walks up on me I need that paper you can’t take that paper I can make you a copy of that.
ME: No you can make you a copy or let along whomever drew it up for you on the computer can run you another copy.
EEO OFFICER: wait hold up Ms. Cullins
ME: No I can’t my chest is hurting and I need some air and was told to leave the premises
MRS. GRAHAM: hold on Ms. Cullins I need that paper.
Me: walked away toward the front lobby and became hot, light headed and short of breath, dizzy and could hardly walk I grabbed the front desk and asked the front lobby officer if he could dial 911 for me I couldn’t breathe.
MR. LITTLE: front lobby officer no ma’am I have to have a directive from a LT.
ME: Please I can’t breathe call medical or somebody
MR. LITTLE; sorry I cant
LT. Edwards: Walking in and said what’s wrong with her
ME: I can’t breathe I need some air
LT EDWARDS : Gave the front lobby Officer two directives to call 911 in which he refused and the Lt called control and told them we have a medical emergency and told the officer that’s a disable vet and you refusing.
Medical arrive and told everyone to move get away from me, as medical Began assessment on me; they took my BP and said 142/100 and stated She needs to get to the hospital. I was taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital emergency room, diagnosed with anxiety and sharp panic attacks due to a work related incident given Ativan and was sent home and to contact my primary the next day.
I am still under the care of my physician and have been for years. I have been informed by my doctor that the actions of the individuals on that day including the constant harassment from Mr. Furman and Ms. Holmes triggered my service connected PTSD and maybe I should consider not going back if the warden is allowing this kind of thing to happen in the work place. Due to all the stress from my job, I have not been able to perform my duties as Facilities Assistant since sept 16. I have been discriminated on the job due to my service connected disability. I could have died because of the front lobby officer professional actions presented on Sept 22th. BUT GOD!!!!!!!!
As I left the hospital staff was coming in with a fracture to the ankle running to get to the medical emergency and was given the opportunity to have an ambulance to bring her to the hospital and I was not given that opportunity even when I begged the front lobby officer and after a directive from a Lt, he would not call the ambulance.
I have been Unable to enjoy my time of earning a decent living with my career at the Bureau of Prisons without retaliation, disability discrimination, Agency and policy violations, violations of the rehabilitation Act, Civil service Act, Civil Rights Act, Americans with disabilities act , The DOJ Manual for reasonable accommodations, Department of Labor laws. EEOC violations, OIG violations, ADA violations, Hipaa violations; in which have been setting triggers since October 2013. I have been diagnosed with PTSD through the Army, This is not a diagnosis that I asked for but one that was acquired through service related trauma. I was given a directive, per Human Resource specialist Beth Graham, on 22 September 2015, at approximately 8:05 a.m.; that if I did not sign an unrequested Temporary Duty Reassignment pending my request for reasonable accommodations letter, drawn up by the CEO and signed by the AWP of this institution that, I would have to leave the institution until thus said memo is signed by me. I. I did not sign the Modified Temporary Duty statement presented to me on thus said date, because I did not request reasonable accommodations. The incident in which I was presented the letter caused me to be rushed to the hospital.
These individuals should be prayer for, since I have forgiven them for trying to mislead, misguide, terminate, discipline and humiliate employees on a daily basis with their criminal tactics, retaliation, unfair labor practices that went on my rights was violated .
I never signed a DOJ Form 100A Request for Reasonable Accommodation if there is one in my file I never signed or seen it, it was forged.
My supervisor was told to sign an eight point letter that they did not even present me with on the 22nd and upon further investigation I was supposed to take this 8 point application to my doctor so he can state what I can and can’t do. My doctor letter, what I was presented with on the 22nd. I was told by my supervisor that they wanted to give me an 8 point letter that he had to sign. I told him he could not have signed a 8 point letter because I was never given the form to provide to my doctor to write a 8 point letter. I informed him that they were going to do the old bait and switch. I sign the modified letter page 2 and page one of the same letters goes in the trash and they add page 2 to the form he signed and send it to region. They do it all the time.
My warden or his designee drew up a Temporary Modified Job Assignment for me, in which I was given an ultimatum to sign or go home by Beth graham Human resource Officer. I was told that I was not required to respond to any emergencies in which my doctor did not state and this is the main job of being a correctional worker first, page 11 of the Bureau of prison Employee Handbook. It was put on the memo out of malice to have me terminated because later on that week it was found that it was not the paper they made my supervisor sign to send to region.
I want to you pray for the warden that God would change his heart and let him see what kind of pain an conflict as a CEO in charge is causing individuals I forgave him for violating the Hipaa Law on the 16th and 17th of September, then it was violated again and given to Beth Graham, I requested Admin leave from the warden since the directive came from him with no answer, I then contacted Lee Loftus and Edith Bythe concerning the matter in question in which admin leave was denied because of the lies that was told to them by return correspondence through the mail.
I want to pray for Associate Warden of programs (custody) Aw I'm not a custody but non custody staff; whom I don't work for, but to cover up the Associate of Operations Harassment and retaliations tactics. The letter was written on the 21 of September and both the warden and AWO were at the institution all day, so I'm baffled as to why would they get the AWP to sign off on the TAD. Bringing this unnecessary staff into what they are imposing on me as an employee and a Christian.
On Sept 23 Sept 28th I contacted the union concerning the incident on 22 sept and asked for directive. For two weeks the union president was sending messages from other employees that he was trying to contact me in which he was not, because he has my number and stays about f miles from me and could have come by. I finally received a voicemail message on October 9 from Mr. Tyson.
I was told the only way I could return to the institution was to sign the letter presented to me. I informed my supervisor that he did not sign the letter presented to me. He stated he did, it was an eight point letter. I told him no I was presented with a TAD. I emailed a copy of the letter I was presented and it was not the letter they made him sign for me. He stated he had never seen the letter I was presented with and I explain to him I don't know what you sign but this is what they tried to make me sign and I refused. He stated again the only way you can return to work is to sign a request for reasonable accommodations or eight point letter. I told him well I never received that.
Oct 14, I was called by the union president again and told I needed to send a memo to the warden informing my status in which I inform Tyson. I had emailed the warden with no communication back from his side; I was given a directive not to return to work on the temporary modification .I requested a directive to return in which the warden didn't respond. I wrote a request for stress leave memo, in conjunction with the request for admin and workman comp, and was told by the union president that in order to return to work I had to put in for a reasonable accommodation ,per the warden and lawyer consult that he acquired for me to cover everybody. I told him yeah everybody but me, I will not, I thank Tyson and that was the last I heard from him so I contact upper AFGE consultant. I ask that you would pray for him as a union president that God would not allow him to deceive the staff the way he is trying to do.
October 19th I was informed that my informal complaint was now formal from the EEO Officer.
On October 19 2015 at 10:54 a.m. Sara Beth Graham Human resource specialist deliberately keyed my time and attendance for leave without pay when my T&A showed I had over 350 hours on the file causing me to not receive a biweekly pay from my employer on Oct 29th.
I want you to pray for each and every individual involved in this case for trying to mislead, misguide, terminate, discipline and humiliate employees, for engaging in discrimination on employees with criminal tactics , reckless indifference to federally protected aggrieved individuals. their actions as a ist are intended and out of malice and the way they tried to give false and inaccurate information to certain staff is not only unbecoming, unfair degrading and not of Professional Bureau Staff behavior. They continue to disregard, willfully violate agency policies, collective bargaining agreements and federal laws, policies, Americans with disability act, Hipaa , Civil Rights, Reprisal and Whistleblower violations without fear of investigation or disciplinary action to violate policy ,is demoralizing and demeaning in every manner. They are not being properly disciplined or investigated for their actions against non-management staff .The Warden has continued to utilize his sole discretion on how to resolve the issues with management treatment of non -management staff. But God. I know I want receive my job back without retaliation for I have been home since sept 15 but I know God is good and since the day he saved me and I agreed to live for him he has never left my side , through my ups and downs he has been there. What the devil has stolen I pray and ask for intercessory pray to get it back seven times greater. I pray that the phone harassment would stop in which the constant harassment has caused me to lose my hair and has tried to make me lose focus on God and cause me to drink in which I asked God to take away and he has done that. I have not had a drink in two weeks. Everything the devil is issuing for bad God is turning it out for my good keep me in your prayers.
This was disclosed to the Resource Manager in 2007 when I accepted employment with the Bureau of Prisons. I was question of the reason of my discharge located on my DD214. I was asked in 2007 if I needed reasonable accommodations, in which I stated no because my diagnosis was dormant and I had not had any medical problems at the time because of continuous treatment and therapy. I was told that I had to have another doctor opinion and bring in documentation to clear me to work for the Bureau of prisons. I paid for this service and was cleared to work for the Bureau of Prisons in March of 2007. I was hired on to work as a correctional Officer in June 2007, were I held this position for three years with no disciplinary problems, exceptional evaluations and Sustained Superior performance Award ratings twice as an officer. I held the position of unit Secretary for two years with no disciplinary problems, also exceptional evaluations and held the title of Correctional Worker of the month in Nov 2012 for Outstanding Secretarial duties in helping other buildings with inmate release paper work and clerical duties because Fci Bennettsville was down two secretaries . I have held the current position as the Facilities Assistant for three years for FCI Bennettsville with Outstanding evaluations and Sustain Superior performance and quality step increases until sept 16 2015.
My disability laid dormant with medications and therapy until October of 2013 when I filed on an Aw for calling me Ignorant based on my religious beliefs, because I didn’t want to associate myself with the force lbgt functions as a Christian that my job had adopted . After the altercation with this Aw my PTSD was triggered and my medical condition had indeed become worse and I began weekly doctor’s care since. I talked to my Doctor in April of 2015 in which the institution had started mandating non custody working staff on a regular basis to work custody post. My doctor told me in March that he wanted me to file for FMLA because in his medical opinion he would not suggest to me working in an enclosed unit with inmates for a long period of time which is a custody post and may set triggers, worsen my depression, hypervigilance and panic attacks and he didn’t think it was a good idea to go back into that environment until I could successfully manage the triggers that resurface after the EEO complaint that was filed in 2013. I was told I should think about seeking employment elsewhere or retire to alleviate the stress that my job was causing to prevent deterioration or further decomposition of my health. I requested a disability retirement the next day.
July 24 2015 I was asked by my General Forman to perform a Time and attendance violation, in which I refused to do but the Human Resource manager perform the violation after I informed her twice via email that it could not be done and seeked clarification after no response from the Human Resource Manager So I did not key the staff T&A
Monday July 27, I was called at my weekly therapy PTSD sessions in Fayetteville NC from General Forman B. Shipman and was asked why I didn’t key the staff in question T&A. I responded that I was in the middle of an appointment and was not going to key that staff for being at work when he was AWOL. He had no time on the books, no BP- 369 routing for comp time and no Lwop memo signed by the warden. He hung up the phone, I continued my appointment.
On Tuesday July 28 I arrived to work, The Human Resource Manager had performed the violation and the General Forman had certified the incorrect T&A. I called and email the union and informed them the violation and told him I was referring it due to the staff being on my contact it would cause me leave errors because he had no time or leave and I would have to try and correct the T&A.
On July 30 I informed the Aw (Acting Warden) of the violation after he was told of the violation by Union President Tyson He approached me about it in the front lobby. He wanted to know what happened because he was acting warden for two weeks. I told him what happened, He called the SIS LT and the date on which the Human Resource Officer had gave the Officer time for, he had actually been referred for being AWOL on the same two days, by the General Forman that tried to get me to violate policy concerning that T&A.
August 3, 2015, I referred the infraction to OIG, because the staff is part of my Contact for T&A’s , I actually key this staff and if I had any leave errors because of this violation I wanted my CEO to know it wasn’t because of my actions. I realized that not only did the Aw not report the infraction, but gave the Human Resource Manager time to rectify the problem that same day in which the T&A was still incorrect because he was keyed for comp time that was performed on the 22nd of July but was keyed for the 21 of July but was not Authorized until August 4th 2015. SIS LT Caruluzzi called and asked me for a copy of the memo I sent for referral. I emailed him a copy. In Pay period 15, I receive a leave error that was caused by the HRM and didn’t know how to fix it and gave the T&A to human resources so they could fix it.
August 11th, 2015 I was asked by my supervisor for medical documentation and about my disability. I was shocked and informed my supervisor that I had emailed that information to the warden and I would only talk to OPM and the warden about my disability and that it was processed with my medical disability retirement paperwork. I informed my supervisor that my personal medical information was just that and I wasn’t disclosing it so that it would be held against me.
He informed me, the AW and Human Resource Manger wanted that information. I explained to him that I will not give them any medical documentation concerning me but I will give it to the warden only. That they only wanted to used it in retaliation to me referring the T&A incident.
August 12th, 2015 I was stopped and asked about my disability in the front lobby. I directed everyone that called and asked that day to talk with the warden.
On August 14th, 2015 my supervisor asked me again for medical documentation that the Aw asked him if he asked me for it concerning your disability what you want me to tell him. I said everyone doesn’t need to know my business.
Sept 8th , 2015 My supervisor came to me and asked me for my medical documentation once again , that the Aw had advised him that he asked the warden and the Aw said the warden wasn’t aware and said he didn’t get anything from me concerning medical documentation . I told my supervisor he did get it and showed him the email property where the warden opened it and he said ok there’s nothing else I could do.
Sept 14th My supervisor approached me again and said the AW and Human Resource Manager needed my paperwork and he was sent again to acquire my medical documentation at this point I was being harassed and my civil rights were indeed being violated and I realized I was being retaliated on by the two individuals that I referred for time and attendance fraud.
Sept 15th 2015 My supervisor approached me and before he got it out I told him I requested to speak with the warden concerning this because I’m was being harassed and retaliated on. I then email the warden and informed him I was filing on Furman and Holmes because they had indeed subjected me to a hostile working environment and was indeed retaliating and harassing me. I was being harassed due to my disability, previous EEO involvement and whistle blowing on them.
At 12:45 the same day my supervisor approached me and informed me, Mrs. Holmes asked if he had any luck getting the medical documentation, I told him to inform her that, I was going to talk to the warden about that.
September 16th, the warden secretary called me and gave me a 7:30 a.m. appointment to see the warden on Thursday September the 17th.
At 12 p.m. my supervisor came to the office and said I had to leave that Furman and Holmes had my medical documentation that I had share with the warden. Not only was I embarrassed and offended that the warden of FCI Bennettsville would violate my civil rights as an employee, a disabled veteran, and violation of the HIPAA Act of 2006 and give my medical documentation to them after I disclosed to him that they were harassing me. This information was indeed used on Sept 16 th to violate work place retaliation and discrimination based on my disability.
I was not given a chance to gather any of my personal belonging before leaving my office.
12:45 I emailed my doctor and informed him my warden had given the two individuals that I had talked to him about the last two months my medical documents without my permission. That they wanted revised documentation because of the verbiage of one of the letters. I signed a SF-71 leave form for sick leave. I went to my doctor’s office the secretary gave me an appointment for the following morning at 8:30 a.m.
September 17th my doctor provided me with more documentation with wording he thought my job would understand. I returned to work and scanned the letter once again to the warden on the 17th of September around, I then went home.
September 18th 2015 at 6:20 a.m., I called to see if I could return to work because I never got a call from my supervisor. I left a message if I could not that I was requesting Annual Leave. I received a call back at 8:50 a.m., where my supervisor said that AW Furman and Mrs. Holmes had not read over my medical documentation and that it was okay for me to come to the Garage and work until they can decide what they are going to do. They wanted to know what I can and can’t do at the institution so they could give me a reasonable accommodations or a TAD letter.
I told him I didn’t ask for a tad or reasonable accommodations I was hired with my diagnoses and ask then and I stated no and was told because of my dd214 I needed to be evaluated and cleared to work there in which I paid and had done, I did my job for eight years and now it’s a problem because of my whistleblowing.
I was told I wasn’t going to be able to return to my office because I can’t work in a unit which is a custody staff post. My letter does not say I can’t work custody it says I can’t work the unit I’m not custody staff but non custody and this is because of my disability, My letter clearly states what custody posts I could and could not work,
September 21, 2015 I have been reassigned to a room where the refrigerator is continuously running and making a loud noise that is triggering my PTSD symptoms. The retaliation is not only real but demeaning in nature and has limited me to no access of the resources needed to perform my duties as a facilities assistant. This ongoing harassment has created a difficult, isolated, depressing and hostile working environment for me as an employee in which I told my supervisor that the relocation, down the hall from the perpetrator and forced reasonable accommodations tactics for me to resign or get a reason to be fired, before my retirement has triggered my PTSD although I’m taking my medicine.
I Emailed the EEO counselor and asked to put in an EEO complaint for retaliation.
Sept 22,I was called in the human resources office, by a Beth Graham, whom said that she needed to talk to me about the Temporary Modified Job assignment. I asked and who requested this she stated oh it was signed by AW of programs Paul Kelly for the Warden. I asked why when the warden has been here for the last two weeks I didn’t know anyone was acting for him, and another thing why would a custody AW sign off on a modified letter for non-custody staff. I got no answer from Mrs. Graham, started with:
MRS. GRAHAM: This letter confirms your need for a permanent medical restriction as a result of your diagnoses of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder . I have reviewed your medical information from Anson Nguyen, MD dated September 17th 2015. Dr. Nguyen indicates that you are not capable of performing the duties of a Correctional worker.
ME: I stopped Mrs. Graham and said that is not what my doctor wrote are you serious? You guys have twisted his whole letter that’s not what he wrote.
MRS. GRAHAM: Well let me explain it to you like this Mrs. Cullins in the Correctional industry it’s all or nothing, you can’t just pick and choose what you want to work.
MRS. GRAHAM: You were advised that a temporary modified job assignment would be made available to you pending your request for reasonable accommodation.
ME: Ma’am I don’t mean no disrespect but I wasn’t notified of anything but was told I had to leave my job area and could not return and I’ve been here 8 years and never asked for a reasonable accommodations so what are you talking about this is a force accommodation due to retaliation. I’ve ve always manage to come in here and perform my duties and if you check my record I’ve only had excellent, outstanding and sustained superior performances after my first year of working for you, I’ve never asked for a reasonable accommodations I’m non custody staff and you guys have to take into considerations what non custody staff can and cannot do before you make mandatory augmentation rosters.
Mrs. Graham: You are assigned to the Human resources area; you are not to enter the secure perimeter of the institution. Your temporary job assignment will expire on November 15, or once you receive updated restrictions from your physician. You can accept this offer or not, if you don’t accept you will have to leave the institution. Pulls out the second sheet of paper with just I accept or don’t accept and employees signature.
Me: wow the old bait and switch you want me to sign this blank paper so you can actually shred the top sheet add what you want out that folder and send it to the region. Because this information in this memo is actually not what my doctor wrote. The first sentence you stated and I do quote was my medical restrictions were permanent when you actually giving me 30 days to recover from a service connected disability that you hired me with eight years ago and knew about that I was question about and told I had to see a doctor and be cleared to work here. Now, basically you want to get rid of me ever since the last week of July when I reported a work violation. Now I’m not stupid but, that is what you are saying right. And if I don’t sign this paper I have to leave the institution. Ok I grabbed the paper and stated I’m leaving the institution.
MRS. GRAHAM: Grabs her shirt and starts fanning as if she was nervous and said yes but hold on Ms. Cullins you can’t have my paper you got to give me that back
ME: Because it’s a lie all the way through no I think I’ll keep it so when I file EEO everyone can actually see the under handily stuff you guys are doing to disabled veterans around here.
MRS. GRAHAM: walks up on me I need that paper you can’t take that paper I can make you a copy of that.
ME: No you can make you a copy or let along whomever drew it up for you on the computer can run you another copy.
EEO OFFICER: wait hold up Ms. Cullins
ME: No I can’t my chest is hurting and I need some air and was told to leave the premises
MRS. GRAHAM: hold on Ms. Cullins I need that paper.
Me: walked away toward the front lobby and became hot, light headed and short of breath, dizzy and could hardly walk I grabbed the front desk and asked the front lobby officer if he could dial 911 for me I couldn’t breathe.
MR. LITTLE: front lobby officer no ma’am I have to have a directive from a LT.
ME: Please I can’t breathe call medical or somebody
MR. LITTLE; sorry I cant
LT. Edwards: Walking in and said what’s wrong with her
ME: I can’t breathe I need some air
LT EDWARDS : Gave the front lobby Officer two directives to call 911 in which he refused and the Lt called control and told them we have a medical emergency and told the officer that’s a disable vet and you refusing.
Medical arrive and told everyone to move get away from me, as medical Began assessment on me; they took my BP and said 142/100 and stated She needs to get to the hospital. I was taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital emergency room, diagnosed with anxiety and sharp panic attacks due to a work related incident given Ativan and was sent home and to contact my primary the next day.
I am still under the care of my physician and have been for years. I have been informed by my doctor that the actions of the individuals on that day including the constant harassment from Mr. Furman and Ms. Holmes triggered my service connected PTSD and maybe I should consider not going back if the warden is allowing this kind of thing to happen in the work place. Due to all the stress from my job, I have not been able to perform my duties as Facilities Assistant since sept 16. I have been discriminated on the job due to my service connected disability. I could have died because of the front lobby officer professional actions presented on Sept 22th. BUT GOD!!!!!!!!
As I left the hospital staff was coming in with a fracture to the ankle running to get to the medical emergency and was given the opportunity to have an ambulance to bring her to the hospital and I was not given that opportunity even when I begged the front lobby officer and after a directive from a Lt, he would not call the ambulance.
I have been Unable to enjoy my time of earning a decent living with my career at the Bureau of Prisons without retaliation, disability discrimination, Agency and policy violations, violations of the rehabilitation Act, Civil service Act, Civil Rights Act, Americans with disabilities act , The DOJ Manual for reasonable accommodations, Department of Labor laws. EEOC violations, OIG violations, ADA violations, Hipaa violations; in which have been setting triggers since October 2013. I have been diagnosed with PTSD through the Army, This is not a diagnosis that I asked for but one that was acquired through service related trauma. I was given a directive, per Human Resource specialist Beth Graham, on 22 September 2015, at approximately 8:05 a.m.; that if I did not sign an unrequested Temporary Duty Reassignment pending my request for reasonable accommodations letter, drawn up by the CEO and signed by the AWP of this institution that, I would have to leave the institution until thus said memo is signed by me. I. I did not sign the Modified Temporary Duty statement presented to me on thus said date, because I did not request reasonable accommodations. The incident in which I was presented the letter caused me to be rushed to the hospital.
These individuals should be prayer for, since I have forgiven them for trying to mislead, misguide, terminate, discipline and humiliate employees on a daily basis with their criminal tactics, retaliation, unfair labor practices that went on my rights was violated .
I never signed a DOJ Form 100A Request for Reasonable Accommodation if there is one in my file I never signed or seen it, it was forged.
My supervisor was told to sign an eight point letter that they did not even present me with on the 22nd and upon further investigation I was supposed to take this 8 point application to my doctor so he can state what I can and can’t do. My doctor letter, what I was presented with on the 22nd. I was told by my supervisor that they wanted to give me an 8 point letter that he had to sign. I told him he could not have signed a 8 point letter because I was never given the form to provide to my doctor to write a 8 point letter. I informed him that they were going to do the old bait and switch. I sign the modified letter page 2 and page one of the same letters goes in the trash and they add page 2 to the form he signed and send it to region. They do it all the time.
My warden or his designee drew up a Temporary Modified Job Assignment for me, in which I was given an ultimatum to sign or go home by Beth graham Human resource Officer. I was told that I was not required to respond to any emergencies in which my doctor did not state and this is the main job of being a correctional worker first, page 11 of the Bureau of prison Employee Handbook. It was put on the memo out of malice to have me terminated because later on that week it was found that it was not the paper they made my supervisor sign to send to region.
I want to you pray for the warden that God would change his heart and let him see what kind of pain an conflict as a CEO in charge is causing individuals I forgave him for violating the Hipaa Law on the 16th and 17th of September, then it was violated again and given to Beth Graham, I requested Admin leave from the warden since the directive came from him with no answer, I then contacted Lee Loftus and Edith Bythe concerning the matter in question in which admin leave was denied because of the lies that was told to them by return correspondence through the mail.
I want to pray for Associate Warden of programs (custody) Aw I'm not a custody but non custody staff; whom I don't work for, but to cover up the Associate of Operations Harassment and retaliations tactics. The letter was written on the 21 of September and both the warden and AWO were at the institution all day, so I'm baffled as to why would they get the AWP to sign off on the TAD. Bringing this unnecessary staff into what they are imposing on me as an employee and a Christian.
On Sept 23 Sept 28th I contacted the union concerning the incident on 22 sept and asked for directive. For two weeks the union president was sending messages from other employees that he was trying to contact me in which he was not, because he has my number and stays about f miles from me and could have come by. I finally received a voicemail message on October 9 from Mr. Tyson.
I was told the only way I could return to the institution was to sign the letter presented to me. I informed my supervisor that he did not sign the letter presented to me. He stated he did, it was an eight point letter. I told him no I was presented with a TAD. I emailed a copy of the letter I was presented and it was not the letter they made him sign for me. He stated he had never seen the letter I was presented with and I explain to him I don't know what you sign but this is what they tried to make me sign and I refused. He stated again the only way you can return to work is to sign a request for reasonable accommodations or eight point letter. I told him well I never received that.
Oct 14, I was called by the union president again and told I needed to send a memo to the warden informing my status in which I inform Tyson. I had emailed the warden with no communication back from his side; I was given a directive not to return to work on the temporary modification .I requested a directive to return in which the warden didn't respond. I wrote a request for stress leave memo, in conjunction with the request for admin and workman comp, and was told by the union president that in order to return to work I had to put in for a reasonable accommodation ,per the warden and lawyer consult that he acquired for me to cover everybody. I told him yeah everybody but me, I will not, I thank Tyson and that was the last I heard from him so I contact upper AFGE consultant. I ask that you would pray for him as a union president that God would not allow him to deceive the staff the way he is trying to do.
October 19th I was informed that my informal complaint was now formal from the EEO Officer.
On October 19 2015 at 10:54 a.m. Sara Beth Graham Human resource specialist deliberately keyed my time and attendance for leave without pay when my T&A showed I had over 350 hours on the file causing me to not receive a biweekly pay from my employer on Oct 29th.
I want you to pray for each and every individual involved in this case for trying to mislead, misguide, terminate, discipline and humiliate employees, for engaging in discrimination on employees with criminal tactics , reckless indifference to federally protected aggrieved individuals. their actions as a ist are intended and out of malice and the way they tried to give false and inaccurate information to certain staff is not only unbecoming, unfair degrading and not of Professional Bureau Staff behavior. They continue to disregard, willfully violate agency policies, collective bargaining agreements and federal laws, policies, Americans with disability act, Hipaa , Civil Rights, Reprisal and Whistleblower violations without fear of investigation or disciplinary action to violate policy ,is demoralizing and demeaning in every manner. They are not being properly disciplined or investigated for their actions against non-management staff .The Warden has continued to utilize his sole discretion on how to resolve the issues with management treatment of non -management staff. But God. I know I want receive my job back without retaliation for I have been home since sept 15 but I know God is good and since the day he saved me and I agreed to live for him he has never left my side , through my ups and downs he has been there. What the devil has stolen I pray and ask for intercessory pray to get it back seven times greater. I pray that the phone harassment would stop in which the constant harassment has caused me to lose my hair and has tried to make me lose focus on God and cause me to drink in which I asked God to take away and he has done that. I have not had a drink in two weeks. Everything the devil is issuing for bad God is turning it out for my good keep me in your prayers.
