“TEAR GAS WAS USED” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2017) — In a letter dated April 12, 2017, an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN acknowledged an April 8 incident which took place at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX) in which three correction officers were injured and hospitalized at […]
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If the FBI Can Investigate Prison Crimes in Mississippi and Georgia, Why Not Tennessee?
“EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS,” OR JUST IN SOME PLACES? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 5, 2017) — An announcement dated February 2 at the website of the U.S. Department of Justice states that two Mississippi correction officers pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to using excessive force against […]
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Another TTCC Inmate Reports “Big Gang Fight” on Thanksgiving Day
“THIS PLACE HASN’T CHANGED MUCH” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 10, 2017) — As has been reported by numerous inmates and their relatives over eight months, an updated report on conditions at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) from an inmate states that a “big gang fight” occurred on Thanksgiving Day resulting in multiple stabbings. While […]
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Inmate Details Gang Fight and More at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC)
“NOTHING HAS GOTTEN ANY BETTER; ONLY WORSE” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2016) — Last week, The Post & Email sent a return letter to an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN requesting more information on an incident said by a number of prisoners and their relatives to have occurred […]
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TTCC Inmate Reports “Major Gang War”
ON THANKSGIVING DAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2016) — Another inmate from the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) has reported in a letter that “the entire facility is on lockdown due to a major gang war between the ‘Crips’ and the ‘Bloods.’ This is largely due to the understaffing and poor oversight at this […]
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TTCC Inmate Report: Facility “Severely Understaffed and Overwhelmed”
REFERS TO THANKSGIVING DAY INCIDENT AS “BRUTAL GANG WAR” by Anonymous Inmate, Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) (Dec. 14, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on Friday, December 9, from an inmate not previously heard from who is housed at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN. The information he […]
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TDOC Spokeswoman Denies Reports of Prison Riot on Thanksgiving Day
AT CORPORATE-RUN FACILITY by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 6, 2016) — On Sunday morning, The Post & Email received a comment from the relative of an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) operated by the private company CoreCivic, previously known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) alleging that the troubled facility has been in […]