“IT’S SET FOR 68 ALL YEAR ROUND, MA’AM”
by Sharon Rondeau
(Nov. 8, 2010) — The Post & Email called the Monroe County jail today at 11:13 a.m. A woman named Danielle answered the phone. When we inquired as to why the temperature in the jail was so cold, she said she was unable to address the issue because she was in the “front office.” She transferred me to someone else named Robbie.
When we asked why it was so cold in the jail, Robbie answered “It’s winter-time.” We then asked, “Why don’t you turn on the heat?” and Robbie said, “It’s on, ma’am.” We then asked, “Then why is it between 58 and 60 degrees in there?” and he said, “It’s set for 68 degrees all year round, ma’am.” The Post & Email then said, “That’s not what we’re hearing from inmates and former inmates.”
We then asked if Mr. David Jacobs had been bleeding for three weeks before being rushed to Sweetwater Hospital, and we were told no. Robbie denied that Mr. Jacobs had been sent to the hospital. He said, “He was sent to Loudon County Jail.” When we said, “We got the information that he was rushed to the hospital directly from an eyewitness,” Robbie said, “If you got it from an inmate, don’t believe it, because inmates are subject to lie.” The Post & Email answered, “So are you.” Robbie then said, “I work for law enforcement, so I don’t lie.” We then said, “So you’re denying that Mr. Jacobs is in the Intensive Care Unit at Sweetwater Hospital?” and he said “Yes, he’s not there. He didn’t go there.”
We also stated that we heard that Officer Trent Prock takes pleasure in tasering the inmates at night. He didn’t address that.
We then asked Robbie, “What about the evidence locker?” and he became irritated and answered, “Listen, I’m not going to talk to you about these things. If you have a complaint, talk to the sheriff.” The Post & Email was about to ask why Walter Fitzpatrick has not received the $50 money order and habeas corpus document from a reader which she confirmed arrived last Wednesday, but Robbie rudely hung up on us at 11:16 a.m. It was clear that the matter of the evidence locker was a sore spot for him.
The phone number for the Monroe County jail is 423-442-3911. Ask for Sheriff Bill Bivens. Then ask him why it is so cold in there and why they haven’t reported the break-in to the evidence locker. Also ask how Mr. David Jacobs is doing.
At 12:50 p.m., The Post & Email contacted Sweetwater Hospital in Sweetwater, TN and was told that the last date of service for a David Jacobs was 9/29/10, although that was qualified by the medical records person as “even if he’s still here.”
At 3:20 p.m., The Post & Email called Sweetwater Hospital and asked for the Intensive Care Unit. We asked how patient David Jacobs was doing. The person who answered the phone said, “We don’t have a ‘David Jacobs’ here.” The Post & Email asked if he had been there recently, and she answered, “Not that I know of.”
A list of Monroe County officials with contact information is posted here.
Unbelievable. I will try calling tomorrow to give those guys a piece of my mind. What tyranny! Who do they think pays heir salaries? We do…those little impudent fascists are public servants- get it? They serve the public!
I would like to find a way to contribute some money to Walt also. Can’t you set up a bank account in his name from whence he can make withdrawals??
E.D.
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Mrs. Rondeau replies: Yes, all of the money is being separated into a separate account, but I don’t know if we can give him access to it right at the moment.
Things are not quite adding up here and maybe I have missed some things. As a former deputy sheriff (years ago), I know that there are jail standards that if violated, a district attorney should be able to file charges against the sheriff if there is a lack of compliance. If a sheriff has violated the law, for instance, in Texas, the state police are the arresting authority. Have the state police been contacted regarding this situation? Also, why has an attorney not obtained a bond for the commander? This man has not committed a capital crime, so he should be bondable. Has he even been arraigned for his charges? The law requires an arraignment to be held within a certain period of time after arrest (usually 36-48 hours), and once the arraignment is done, he should be bondable. I know county governments can be corrupt, but there is an authority over them that can act.
While it is important to Walters health to be minded we should not be completely distracted from why he is there in the first place. Sheriff Bivens arrested Walter at the behest of a judge the first time and at the behest of himself the second time which is his current status. They are one and the same force being used to deny the citizens an unbiased grand jury. The Judge Amy Reedy has certainly shown herself to be unable to be unbiased and unable to behave in a manner expected of a jurist. That other justices are aiding one another ought be no surprise as they are long friends on the bench and have become accustomed to their power being unimpeachable. Well, it is time to impeach those powers for the sake of juris prudence, as dutiful citizens and as educators of all who suffer the tyranny of a same hands faction between sheriff, jury and judge.
Well, I’m not going to hold my breath on the national media. But it would be good for Rush or Sean or some of those guys to get the word out. Fox News should.
“Rush” ? “Sean”? You have got to be kidding!– those 2 selfish, traitorous clowns won’t touch ARTICLE II with a 10000 ft pole They long ago issued a moratorium on serious contemplation of The Usurper’s most heinous of crimes
I, for one, always believe inmates. What reason do they have to lie?
I called once and the woman referred me to another female who when asked the above questions, hung up on me.
Second call, I spoke to an officer who denied all of the information and said ‘You have never been to the jail”
and I said that the information comes from the inmates and it is valid information .. that their law enforcement is corrupt, that though they are hill billies, they still need to give inmates medication, blankets, good food, beds and money that is coming in to them from outside. I said that the world now knows about their evil system and that they will go down and pay for their treatment of inmates.
The officer denied anything is wrong and laughed. Actually, I was able to get through both times, without
an answering machine. The first call they said Bivens is with someone. That is when I spoke to a woman
who hung up.
We need to persist with calls from everyone and next time maybe mention the corruption of the judges as
well as the sheriff’s department.
I can’t wait to see this travesty of justice resolved and all of those scoffing sheriff’s men, thrown into their own jail.
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Mrs. Rondeau replies: This is what we need. Keep up the pressure. These crooks can’t do anything to us. We have to shine the light on them.
I have just called the jail to ask about the amount of money an inmate may receive and was told up to $300.00. I asked when the money would be available to the inmate after it was received by the jail, and was told that it depended on when it was sent, and that they have commissary privileges twice a week.
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Mrs. Rondeau replies: As of this morning, Walt has still not received the $50 and habeas corpus form sent by a P&E reader and confirmed as delivered last Wednesday. I’d like to know why.
I agree, he should have received it by now based on what I was told.
I was told they did not accept personal checks, only money orders assigned to the inmate. So of course, I have no way of knowing if the money order was cashed in. I also read the article about the gal in “accounting” at MCSD, who was hoarding commissary money in her desk and safe. 30K is still “floating about”. Mmmm… wonder if THAT racket is still going on. Apparently no one is accountable except to Sherrif Blevins. Guess the “buck” stops there. While Walter is in that facility, we can’t get through anything to him. This is maddening!
Sharon,
Thank you for all you are doing for Walt and the rest of us who have been abused in Tennessee Jails. Some people forget that a person is innocent until proven guilty in America, and everyone has a right to Due Process and Humane Treatment.
I was completely innocent of the false charges against me, yet I was assaulted and abused and denied my Constitutional Rights for 60 Days in the Nashville Jail. Thus I am not the least bit surprised by the reports of the mistreatment of Walt and others in the Monroe County Jail.
Again, I urge all Patriots to contact the National media about the abuse of Citizens in Tennessee Jails. This abuse can not withstand the light of day if enough Patriots report it to the National Press.
http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/category/nashville
What if you tell WND about this? Maybe they can blast it all over the place too. The more places that know, the better.
I would write to Farah, but every time that I do, my e-mail comes back undeliverable.
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Mrs. Rondeau replies: I know a Brian Fitzpatrick has written about the story in the recent past, so they know about it. We need national radio and TV coverage.
Perhaps someone in the area could call the Sweetwater Hospital and ask about David Jacobs?
Sweetwater hospital will not be able to tell anything about Mr.Jacobs, it is against HIPAA laws, the same laws that protect you and me in hospital care. If they do slip and tell anyone anything and it gets posted than the hospital is a huge pile of trouble and could lose funding. Please dont bombard the hospital for information on Mr. Jacobs. Which I do hope he is getting well if he is there.
The fight is with Monroe County not the hospital.