WEDNESDAY, 4:00 P.M. Contact: Rowena White (203) 576-7201, rowena.white@bridgeportct.gov; Maria Viggiano (203) 814-7219, Maria.viggiano@bridgeportct.gov (Jul. 17, 2019) — WHO: Bridgeport Complete Count Taskforce Co-Chairs Maria Viggiano and Lydia Martinez; State Representative and Co-Chair of the CT Complete Count Committee, Chris Rosario; Representatives from the Office of Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Representatives of the U.S. Census […]
ASKS U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INTERVENE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 15, 2019) — Several weeks ago, a former U.S. Marine and current Rutherford County, TN Detention Center inmate contacted The Post & Email to expound on what he said is corruption within the county grand jury on several fronts leading to false charges in his […]
WHAT RIGHTS DOES AN ACCUSED PARENT HAVE? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2019) — In Friday night’s broadcast of “The Secret: How to Fight Child Protective Services and Win,” host and Atty. Vincent W. Davis of the Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates of Southern California hosted two guests specializing in child-protective service […]
“IN ALL I AM BLESSED TO SEE THEM” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2019) — An Alabama couple whose three children were placed with their maternal grandparents despite no substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect against their parents were able to speak in person with the children on two occasions last week, their mother, Kanika […]
“I STAY RESPECTFUL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2019) — A letter received on Monday from TDOC inmate Omowale A. Shabazz, #244104, rescinded an earlier request that we not divulge his having been granted parole effective in April 2020. Shabazz, whose birth name was Fred Edmond Dean, wrote in his June 24, 2019 typewritten letter […]
“FAILURE,” OR INSPIRATION? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2019) — Late Tuesday night, The Post & Email learned that the father of Dustin Inman, a young man killed by an illegal-alien driver in June 2000, passed away at his Georgia home at the age of 55 early last month. Billy Inman was a soft-spoken man […]
LOST IN THE BUREAUCRACY by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2019) — Approximately three weeks ago, The Post & Email received a lengthy letter and enclosure from Tennessee resident and federal-level inmate Jesse Robert Coop, who was convicted on eight counts last year stemming from a robbery in Memphis. The letter was sent from the Shelby […]
“IT’S NOTHING BUT A COMEDY SHOW” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2019) — Acting as his own attorney, former Shelby County sergeant Earley Story attended a hearing Friday in his continued quest to clear his name of a 20-year-old felony conviction which destroyed his career and earning potential, the effects of which he said he […]
“SEE IF BY THE TIME YOU GET THIS I AM IN THE HOSPITAL OR DEAD” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 17, 2019) — A letter received Monday from an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville warns that because of ongoing threats to his life by gang members and his cellmate, he fears […]
REQUEST TO TRANSFER TO ACCESSIBLE FACILITY REPORTEDLY “REPEATEDLY DENIED” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 6, 2019) — Earlier this week The Post & Email received a copy of a letter from Raymond Wright, an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, who has written to us previously about alleged deficiencies at the facility […]
DUE TO ALLEGED SHORT-STAFFING by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 5, 2019) — The Post & Email is in receipt of a letter from an inmate at Tennessee’s South Central Correction Facility (SCCF) reporting that short-staffing has caused the situation whereby “the Assistant warden is working the prison pods…and other various areas regularly assigned to corrections officers […]
HOW IS TOBACCO ALLOWED IN PRISON? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2019) — A letter received late last week from Johnny Royston Sr., an inmate from whom we have received numerous letters in the past, reports that Royston was recently relocated from the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN to the Northwest Correctional […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Dalmarys Matos, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (May 22, 2019) — WHO: Bridgeport Director of the Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA) Eric Christmas, President & CEO of Career Resources, Inc. Scott Wilderman, City Council, and community members WHAT: Bridgeport’s Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA) in partnership with Career Resources, Inc., RYASAP, ABCD, […]
CLASS ACTION ALLEGES FIFTH, EIGHTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS by Sharon Rondeau (May 20, 2019) — In February, a 58-page lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee by 14 inmates at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) alleging that the Tennessee Board of Parole is not adhering to […]
T-SHIRT PROCEEDS & DONATIONS TO SUPPORT HOMES FOR THE BRAVE from Dalmarys Matos, (203) 576-7201, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (May 5, 2019) — Bridgeport, CT –Mayor Ganim was joined by Senator Blumenthal to help members of the Bridgeport Fire Department launch their T-Shirt Campaign that will benefit Homes for the Brave. The […]
RESULTING IN DENIAL OF “DUE PROCESS OF LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 28, 2019) — A lawsuit filed in federal court last fall by six inmates at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN claims that citizens of the county are subjected to a “routine ‘rubber stamp’ policy and procedure” after they are arrested and […]
“BLIGHT TO BRIGHT” from Dalmarys Matos, (203) 576-7201, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (Apr. 26, 2019) — WHO: Mayor Joseph Ganim, State Representative Jack Hennessey, Stratfield Historic District Association (SHDA) community volunteers, City staff, City Council, and community members WHAT: Mayor Ganim will by joined by State Representative Hennessey to welcome Stratfield Historic District Association (SHDA) community volunteers […]
IS THE TDOC VIOLATING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 23, 2019) — A letter received last week from an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN reported, as he did last year, that with the arrival of spring, inmates with disabilities were hoping to be able to recreate […]
AND SAYS NOTHING WAS DONE TO PROTECT HIM by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 10, 2019) — A letter received late last week from a Tennessee state inmate indicated fear for his life following what he said were “assaults, robberies and sexual assaults” at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville. According to scores, if not […]
30 COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE from Dalmarys Matos (203) 576-7201, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (Apr. 10, 2019) — WHO: Mayor Joseph Ganim, Director of the Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA) Eric Christmas, President & CEO of Career Resources, Inc. Scott Wilderman, City Council, and community members WHAT: Mayor Ganim will join Bridgeport’s Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs […]
