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\deflang1033\pard\plain\f2\fs20 CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION \par Part 1- At
the Center \par Here I am at the the Clark County Correctional Center. 
Thankfully I'm here as an observer, not a participant.  I should explain.
My name is Rollin and I'm an attorney.  Today I'm here with the Volunteer
Law Project representing Jennifer Scott, a 15 year old who came through the
juvenile justice system on an alchohol possesion charge.  In Clark County
Ohio in the year 2010 there are certain offences that can be cleared by the
defendant obtaining a "Certificate of Correction".  By going through this
program their record will be expunged, there will be no jail time or fine,
except restitution if appropriate.  The program is voluntary, but not
everyone opts for it, for reasons which will become clear later.  \par \par
The introduction of corporal punishment into the criminal justice system
did not come about over night.  \par For years, though, politicians and the
public had complained about money, sentencing for juveniles and jail space
until finally in California in 2004, petty theft,some driving offenses, and
vandalism became punishable by caning.  Enough of the public liked
Southeast Asia's approach to the problem of nonviolent offenses that they
were ready to try something new.  Other states were quick to follow.  In
the wake of President Limbaugh's conservative law and order platform, the
country was ready to try a return to the woodshed.  \par \par \par At
first, the states tried real "Singapore style" caning, but it quickly
became apparent that this was far too brutal for American sensibilities, as
it frequently resulted in permanent scarring and injury.  Another problem
was that females were not originally subject to " the CP option" as it came
to be called.  The Supreme Court settled that one rather quickly.  It ruled
that states could not discriminate on the basis of sex in handing out
punishments.  Since the prospect of brutal canings for females was too
unattractive, the system had to be toned down to fit both the crime and the
offender.  \par \par When California substituted the leather strap for the
cane in 2005, the public became more accepting.  A strapping was more like
the just punishment of youth that many recalled from their own childhoods.
Various states tried various options.  Most juvenile halls had a
"punishment room", usually a converted storeroom, where an offender would
be strapped down over a trestle or table and given the presribed number of
licks or swats with whatever implement the state deemed appropriate.  It
was all very unscientific.  \par \par Later on it became very scientific.
Studies were conducted to determine the best methods of administering
corporal punishment both in a physical and in a psychological sense. 
Elaborate systems evolved which combined equal mixtures of shame, loss of
dignity, and pain, to make the offender truly repentant and eager to avoid
repeating the experience.  \par \par Here in Ohio if you are between 13 and
18 this is what happens.  If convicted and sentenced in juvenile court, an
offender is given 30 days to obtain a "certificate of correction" which
must be filed with the court.  To obtain a certificate, the convicted
offender makes an appointment with the county juvenile correctional center
and reports on the appointed day at the appointed time.  They are permitted
one witness and it cannot be a parent.  Parents may wait in a waiting area,
but may not observe.  The usual witness is an attorney who is there to make
sure that procedure is followed and to note any undue severity in excess of
state guidelines.  \par \par So here I was.  I was representing Jennifer, a
pretty girl with long blonde hair, freckles and a nervous smile.  She had
never been in trouble before, but, caught in a car with alchohol in her
possesion, she was given 30 days to obtain one Certificate of Correction
tailored to this offense.  \par \par I was recommended to Jennifer's
parents by Karen, an old and very good friend.  Karen is a juvenile
probation officer, who has Jennifer as one of her cases.  I didn't usually
practice in juvenile court, but I did some criminal defense work so I was
at least qualified for this.  I came into the case too late to try and get
a better deal for Jennifer.  She was convicted and given the the chance to
opt for corporal punishment instead of jail or a fine.  After conviction,
her parents decided not to appeal.  I think they figured that having to get
a Certificate of Correction would teach Miss Jennifer a good lesson while
having the effect of expunging her record.  Jennifer and some friends had
been out late one night and had been stopped for a traffic violation.  The
officer then found open liquor bottles in the car.  She was charged with
possesion of alchohol.  She also happened to be the one driving.  Luckily
she was not under the influence.  \par \par Juvenile case officers have a
role in the discipline of their charges.  They are present when the
correction is meted out.  The reason for this is so that the juvenile will
look on the officer as an authority figure from whom to take direction, and
would more likely obey the officer in the future.  In addition case
officers are authorized to administer certain forms of corporal correction
for probation violations.  \par \par Today Karen is there because two of
her charges have come in to obtain their Certificates of Correction, having
elected this option.  I did not know who the other one was.  \par \par
Karen is a short blonde with a voluptuous figure, large breasts, a tight
waist and a magnificent and gorgeous ass.  In fact I know for a fact that
she thinks her butt is "too big".  As for me I am completely enthralled
with the sway of her jouncy hind end.  I like full derrieres on women, and
to me, Karen is a beautiful and sexy woman.  I have known Karen for
something like 7 years.  We have been friends, but not physically intimate
with each other.  Its hard to say why.  The chemistry and attraction is
certainly there and we have both flirted with it.  I guess its just bad
timing.  We've been close even though we have at times been with other
people.  It just seems like whenever I'm not in a relationship, she is, and
vice-versa.  Now, however she is divorced and I've just broken up with
someone.  We'll see what happens.  \par \par \par I am seated behind a
glass partition in a sort of gallery with the rest of the witnesses.  The
other witnesses permitted are the victims.  \par There is a husband and
wife, owners of a food mart spray painted, or as they say, "tagged", by
several of the other juvenile offenders.  Other than the witnesses, the
room is empty.  We are waiting for things to start.  Karen had explained to
me previously that on the appointed day the juvenile would have to report
three hours before sentence was scheduled to be carried out.  A brief
physical is given to verify that the culprit is fit to undergo punishment.
The case officers then conduct a last interview explaining the seriousness
of the crime, and explainig the procedure.  The state has even produced
videos on offenses like drunk driving and vandalism that the teens are
required to view before punishment is meted out.  The video graphically
illustrates the harm to society caused by the crime.  \par \par The teen is
then led to a holding cell where he or she strips down to underwear and
socks.  That was all the clothing allowed in the punishment chamber.  After
that, they wait.  The waiting is probably as hard as the actual punishment.
They sit in a bare cell, probably the last sitting they'll do for a while.
\par \par Karen has been in this job for less than a year.  She counsels
juvenile offenders as part of her job and sometimes that involves advising
them as to whether they should take "the CP option" if it is available for
that offense.  She tells me she is conflicted about this.  On the one hand,
it offers a way to eliminate the negative effect of a record and avoid time
in juvie hall, a good deal for youthful offenders.  In fact after obtaining
a Certificate of Correction she tells me that there is little recidivism.
Did I mention that similair punishments are given in the prison system?  I
imagine that the prospect of the whipping post like we have in Ohio scares
a lot of these kids straight---especially after getting a licking courtesy
of the state.  On the other hand it is humiliating, to say the least, and
probably very painful.  This is Karen's first time attending one of these
punishment sessions for her cases where she actually advised the kids and
parents to go through with it.  I know she set me up to represent Jennifer
so that I could attend and give her my comments later.  She will want my
opinion as to whether she should advise this course in the future.  \par
\par Finally a door opens and three case officers and the Special
Corrections Officer with her two assistants enter.  All corrections
officers, the ones who will administer the punishment, are women.  The
assistant officers are wearing smartly tailored skirts and white blouses
with a badge on the front.  The Special officer is a beefy red-haired woman
in a Khacki uniform and a Sam Browne belt.  She looks like a formidable no
nonsense type of woman.  I was glad to be on my side of the glass.  \par
\par Another door opens and 6 teenagers are ushered in by guards holding
clipboards.  The boys are in underpants and socks.  The girls are in
panties, bras, and socks.  There are 3 boys and 3 girls.  The clipboards
are handed to the case officers.  The miscreants sit on 6 chairs lined up
direcly in front of the gallery with their backs to us.  Jennifer glances
nervously at me before taking her seat.  I give her the thumbs up.  What
else is there to do?  \par \par In the "business" part of the room is some
odd furniture.  There are two benches, each having a padded top.  The top
is shaped like a shallow "A" with restraints at either end.  An integral
part of the bench is a slideable chair that slides into a hollow space
right under the apex of the bench.  This is a spanking bench.  The victim
is secured to the bench with wrist and ankle straps, a strap at the backs
of the knees and a strap across the middle of the back, with his/her
buttocks positioned at the apex.  The officer sits at the chair and slides
it in.  She is now seated with the miscreant directly over her lap, bottoms
up.  The effect is rather like having the teen positioned for an old
fashioned over-the-knee spanking.  The advantage is that the officer does
not have the weight of the culprit over her lap and the juvenile cannot
move at all.  \par \par The other piece of furniture was what was known as
"The Box".  \par This is a padded cube tilted slightly forward on short
legs with restraints at wrists, ankles, knees and back.  When bent over the
box and strapped in, the culprit's buttocks are cocked upwardly presenting
a raised, well rounded target for the application of corporal correction.
\par \par The Special Officer was ready to start.  Karen glanced at me and
nodded with a slight smile.  \par \par "All right, pay attention.  I am Ms
Carson.  My two assistants are Ms Miriam and Ms Doreen.  You already know
your case officers.  If you cooperate this will be over soon and you may
leave.  As you know you are here for punishment, pure and simple.  It will
hurt, but you will bear no permanent marks on your bodies.  I, along with
my assistant officers will be administering the punishment.  Now, make no
mistake about this, it will hurt.  You will probably cry and holler, but
don't think that just because you start blubbering like babies that it will
go any easier.  You got that?  \par This is the procedure.  There are six
of you.  Two at a time you will be placed over the spanking benchs.  You
will have your pants pulled down and you will receive a two, three or four
minute spanking to be given by my two assistants according to your
sentence. During this time period you will receive about 50 smacks per
minute on you bare tails with this." As she spoke she held up an oval
shaped paddle which was in reality a stiff piece of leather sole with a
rubber facing connected to a handle.  \par \par "We call this the "sandal".
Maybe if your mothers had used their sandals on your little hineys when you
were younger you would not be here today.  You are getting your records
wiped clean for this, so just know that it's gonna sting." \par \par "After
all six of you have had your spankings, I will call your name and one at a
time you will come up here and bend over the box for the licking that the
court has decreed as the second part of your sentence." \par \par She let
that sink in as the woeful teens eye the dreaded implements that hang on
the wall.  There are the oval "sandals" the assistant officers would use.
There is a paddle that looks like a big spatula.  It is made of some
synthetic like Lexan.  The blade or "business" end is 4x8" and has
pencil-sized holes.  It is joined to a handle by a narrow 2" strip that
makes it flexible, like a fly swatter.  The result is a paddle that will
impart an atrocious sting without injury or severe bruising.  There is also
a thin rod made of some lightweight synthetic polymer.  The rod extends
from a handle grip about 28".  It is thin and very whippy.  It's the
nearest thing we have to the cane, but it is more like a switch which I
have heard stings like absolute holy hell.  I also understand it leaves
painful weals but, in the hands of a skilled whipper, will not break the
skin.  \par Ms Carson continues: \par \par "You are all going to get a
good, hard spanking today, followed by a whipping with the rod or licks
with the paddle and you all deserve it.  \par Now, from this moment on
there will be no swearing, cursing, foul or abusive language.  You will
address all of us as ma'am or sir.  I have the power to impose additional
punishment for violations of this rule and believe me, I will do it.  Do
you understand?" \par \par Six heads bob nervously.  The fear in the room
is palpable.  This woman meant business!  Jennifer appears to be trembling.
I couldn't help her now, her course was set.  She was to endure some real
pain and she knew it.  I wondered what it must be like in her place, to
know that in a few minutes you were going to be stripped practically naked
and whipped on your bare bottom.  \par \par The two assistants take the
clipboards and each call out a name.  One girl and one boy rise timidly. 
The assistants take each by the arm and walk them to the benchs.  The
command is given to lie over the bench, and both teens do so.  The
restraining straps are buckled, hands, feet, back of the knees, back.  This
arches both sets of buttocks towards the ceiling.  The assistants grab both
pants and panties and ruck them down to mid thigh.  They walk to the wall
and retrieve a "spanker" from a hook.  The assistant corrections officers
now take their seats and slide the chairs in.  The moment of truth has
arrived for these teen miscreants.  \par \par "Set the timer for two
minutes for these two" Ms Carson says to a guard.  The guard nods and
presses a series of buttons.  A digital display on the wall reads two
minutes.  I assume it will count down.  \par \par "Miriam, Doreen, are you
ready?" \par \par "Then begin." \par \par Miriam and Doreen bring the
sandals down with a ringing smack!  smack!  smack!  in a brisk tattoo. 
They spank at a rate of about 1 spank per second and each one looks like it
is delivered with no small amount of force.  The bare bottomed teens start
to yelp as the paddles crack down.  \par The girl jerks her head up and
wails with each smack, the boy clenches his whole body in a vain attempt to
ward off the pain.  Its a humiliating punishment and it is designed that
way.  These kids are getting an old fashioned spanking like one over
mommy's knee.  The position each is in is mortifying for a teenager, bare
fannies bucking and wriggling as sizzling spanks turn their hineys red. 
The clock counts down...too slowly it seems.  The smacks ring out.  The
teens yelp in anguish at the relentless smacking, a two part chorus of
"ouches".  After two very long minutes, the buzzer sounds signalling the
end of part 1 of their ordeal.  The guards replace the underwear, and
unbuckle the straps and the two teens stand, hopping from foot to foot
rubbing their injured bottoms.  \par \par "Thats enough of that!  Sit back
down you two!  Call the next two names." \par \par "Jennifer Scott and
Russell Smith, stand up and come forward," intones a guard.  \par \par I
see Jennifer rise on shaky legs.  She is a pretty girl with long coltish
legs.  She is small breasted, but has an ample bottom, well rounded, still
a good bit of baby fat back there.  It wobbles as she shuffles toward the
bench.  \par \par "Assume the position," says Ms Carson.  \par \par I hear
Doreen say to Jennifer: "C'mon Honey, over you go, that's it...no, over
farther so the pad is under your pelvis, bottoms well up!" \par \par "Set
the timer for three minutes, please Ms Benson".  The guard nods and resets
the timer.  \par \par "Doreen and Miriam, take their pants down." Pants and
panties are rucked to mid thigh.  Jennifer whimpers.  " Ladies,
begin....now" \par \par Jennifer howls at the first smack of the sandal on
her left bottomcheek.  \par She continues howling as Doreen delivers a
blistering spanking that cracks alternately on left and right cheeks. 
Jennifers nude rear wobbles with each smack.  She is fair skinned so she
reddens quickly.  Her jiggling behind cannot escape the awful barrage of
spanks delivered by Doreen's sturdy arm.  I am watching intently for
evidence of undue severity or cruelty, but I see none.  The force of the
smacks seems the same as for the first teenager and the tempo is the same.
Its your basic good sound spanking that just stings like hell.  I know she
is my client but I cannot deny that this is a highly erotic spectacle and I
am actually becoming aroused watching Jennifer's spanking.  Finally the
cacophony of smacks and anguished yelping ends.  They let Jennifer up and
she walks back to her chair sobbing and clutching her seat.  Karen is
watching me watching Jennifer.  I make some notes on a pad and will my
erection to subside.  Another two are called up.  The girl is a cute
brunette pixie, about 5'3", 110 lbs with long hair and a very cute ass
which gets spanked to a tomato red hue amid her howls for mercy.  The boy,
a stocky 15 year old howls more than the girl.  \par \par The spankings
done, we are ready for the main event.  \par \par Ms Carson takes the
clipboard.  \par \par "Mandy Johnson, stand up." Mandy rises slowly.  She
was one of the first two to be spanked.  She is a tall strawberry blonde
with a well fleshed bottom.  The tiny pink nylon panties she wears barely
contain her cheeks.  It doesn't matter.  She wont have them much longer. 
\par \par "Mandy Johnson, you have been convicted of theft, namely
shoplifting.  The Juvenile Court of Clark County has decreed that to obtain
a Certificate of Correction you must receive ten swats with the paddle on
your bare bottom.  Come forward and assume the position over the Box.  \par
\par Doreen and Miriam each grab an arm and escort Mandy to the Box.  She
is a well built girl for her age which I peg at 15 or 16.  When buckled
into the box, her rear curves are prominently presented for punishment. 
It's rather like bending over a barrel in the woodshed, a bygone era
reinstated in the 21st century.  \par \par My musings come to a halt.  Ms
Carson has retieved the perforated paddle from the wall and has planted her
feet to Mandy's right side.  She nods to Doreen who peels down the brief
panties exposing Mandy's ass, now a hot pink from the spanking.  She lines
up the paddle on Mandy's quivering buttocks and raises her arm to shoulder
level, then.....  \par SMACK!  Mandy lets out a shriek.  Again....  SMACK!
The paddle flattens her fanny sending little ripples through the flesh. 
SMACK!  Mandy howls again.  Her bottom jiggles at impact.  \par SMACK! 
Four.  SMACK!  Five.  The smacks come about 15 seconds apart.  Mandy sobs
and pleads but SMACK!  the paddling continues until ten licks have been
duly administered.  The guards unbuckle the restraints and help her up. 
Tears are streaming down her face.  They escort her back to her chair.  I
don't think it's padded.  She sits very gingerly.  \par \par The next name
is called and the boy spanked with Mandy is put over the Box and paddled.
His sentence is 15 licks.  He breaks down crying after 8.  The next one is
Russell Smith.  His crime is vandalism.  He is one of the taggers.  The
husband and wife grocery store owners perk up.  This is part of what they
came to see.  \par \par The boy bends over the box and is strapped in. 
Miriam strips his pants down.  Ms Carson replaces the paddle on the wall
and selects a rod.  She whips it through the air a few times, testing its
flex.  It makes a whining sound.  Russell's buttocks clench at the sound.
\par \ \ "This will hurt, boy, but it will hurt a lot more if you clench.
Now relax those butt cheeks," she says tapping his ass with the switch. 
\par Russell moans in embarrassment, but tries to comply.  Ms Carson brings
the switch back and with a deft flick of the wrist, whips it down with a
\par SWISSSH.....THWACK!  "Ahhh....rrrr" screams Russell.  \par This looks
a lot more painful than the paddle.  Jennifer should be grateful that she
is getting the paddle and not this whippy rod.  \par SWISSHHH......THWACK!
"Ow....ow....ow", yells the boy in anguish.  \par The switch falls 8 more
times, whippy wristy strokes that smack the bare skin, indenting the flesh
and leaving livid red weals.  Russell is no hero.  He howls lustily with
each stinging stripe of the rod.  The 10 strokes are given at intervals of
about 20 seconds between each one.  This allows the pain from one stroke to
be fully "appreciated" before another is given.  \par \par When Russell's
whipping is over he is allowed to rise.  He clutches his cheeks trying to
soothe the intense sting.  His face is flushed and streaked with tears.  He
is escorted back to his chair.  It now looks like it's Jennifers turn.  Her
name is called.  The charge is read along with the sentence-12 licks with
the paddle.  She stands on wobbly legs and Doreen leads her to the Box. 
There is a look of panic on her face.  She lays down over the Box arching
her pretty buttocks upward.  Her thin panties are stretched tight across
her bottom in this posture.  They won't protect her long.  \par \par Ms
Carson retieves the paddle from the hook on the wall.  She nods to Doreen
who peels Jennifer's panties down for the second time that day.  \par \par
I can't say that Jennifer's paddling was unfair or too severe.  The swats
are given full force, and poor Jennifer howls at each one, but she is
paddled with the same degree of severity as the others.  Ms Carson
administers good solid smacks that crack like pistol shots, making
Jennifer's cheeks wobble on impact.  Her fanny turns a tomato red as the
swats are laid on.  Jennifers cries out but my angle is poor and I cannot
see if she is crying tears yet.  I assume she is.  Twelve solid licks-5
minutes of agony.  It is a trying ordeal, no doubt.  Ms Carson raises her
arm for the twelvth lick and SMACK!  "Owwwwww!", and it's over.  Jennifer
is let up.  She is weeping copiously, her face a mask of humiliation and
pain.  I know Karen and I will interview her before she leaves.  \par \par
The other punishments proceed.  The others, the taggers, are given the rod.
This is the sentence for vandalism.  No one endures the whipping without
breaking down.  The whippings are hard but I see no skin breaking.  There
are tears and howls aplenty.  Ms Carson obviously knows her business.  The
idea is to administer maximum pain with minimum damage.  \par \par The
session completed, The teens are led back to their holding cells where they
may dress.  Karen and I will interview Jennifer before she leaves with her
parents who are waiting.  I catch up with Karen as I approach the interview
room.  \par \par "Well," she says, "what did you think?" \par \par "I think
it was pretty intense.  Those kids really got their butts whipped.  They
all bawled like babies." \par \par "Yeah, it was....like a bad prison
movie, you know....only it was real.  I don't know.  I wonder how much it
really hurts, what it feels like." \par \par "You can find out," I said
with a grin.  "Ms Carson can show you, I'm sure." \par \par She punched me
playfully.  "Not on your life.  That woman is scary." \par \par "Then maybe
I can demonstrate, my dear." \par \par I expected another dig in the ribs
but Karen just cocked her head and gave me a cool, appraising look.  \par
She then said, "If you're not doing anything tonight, I'll take you to
dinner.  I want to talk to you about today." \par \par I readily agreed. 
We walked into the interview room, where Karen would give her charges their
signed certificates.  Jennifer was there, standing, naturally.  Her face
was still flushed and streaked from crying.......  \par \par Part 2 is
coming.  A Date With Karen \par \par \par \par \par \par \par \par \par
\par \par \par \par }