“HOUSED WITH A VIOLENT OFFENDER” by Beth Haycraft, ©2018 (Jun. 22, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The following email was received on Friday evening as a follow-up to our article published Tuesday containing a video of Mrs. Haycraft interviewing her husband, who is incarcerated at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX) and suffers from mental illness. […]
“A P.C. INMATE COULD EASILY BE HURT OR KILLED…” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2018) — In a formal follow-up to a letter published on Wednesday, TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, sent a memo containing examples, with dates and times, of protective-custody inmates reportedly being placed at risk from inadequate security measures. Harmer has […]
“IT’S ALL WORKING OUT OKAY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2018) — On Friday morning The Post & Email received an update from former TDOC inmate Robert Z. Whipple, III, who was released on parole last month to a halfway house after spending nearly eight years in prison on a drug charge. Although now out […]
“THEY ALLOW GANG MEMBERS TO SELL DRUGS AND TOBACCO” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 20, 2018) — In a letter received on Monday dated June 14, 2018, Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reported that standard security measures are ignored by staff in the protective custody (PC) unit of the prison, located […]
REQUESTS TWO EXTENSIONS TO FILE RESPONSE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2018) — On Monday, Tennessee citizen, single mother and state employee Jamonica Taylor informed us that the State of Tennessee requested a ten-day extension to file its response to her claim for reimbursement for more than $1,300 she spent after her car keys were […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Dalmarys Matos, City of Bridgeport, (203) 576-7201, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (Jun. 19, 2018) — WHO: Mayor Joseph Ganim, City of Bridgeport Office of Veteran Affairs staff members, Representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Representatives from the State of Connecticut Department of Veteran Affairs, City Council members WHAT: Mayor Joe Ganim […]
INMATE: “YOU NAME IT, THEY’RE VIOLATING IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2018) — Beth Haycraft, wife of TDOC inmate Michael Wayne Haycraft, #277811, has produced a video containing her husband’s explanation, in his own words, of his current situation at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX) located in Only, TN. Haycraft was relocated shortly […]
TO REPORT ALLEGED FOOD-SERVICE VIOLATIONS by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 12, 2018) — On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, wrote to Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner to report that the prison “is violating health department food regulations in two areas.” Harmer said that a section […]
CLAIMS “EXTRA BURDEN” PLACED ON CORRECTIONS STAFF by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 10, 2018) — In late April, an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN contacted the CEO of CoreCivic, the private company which owns and operates the prison, with complaints about mail delivery. Jeffrey Johnson, #105994, specifically pointed to “no […]
“YOU HAVE SET HIM UP TO FAIL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 9, 2018) — Virginia resident Beth Haycraft, whose husband Michael is incarcerated by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), wrote the following letter dated June 4, 2018 to the Tennessee Board of Parole, which denied her husband parole on April 10. According to his […]
INMATE ACCUSES TDOC COMMISSIONER OF FINANCIAL MOTIVE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 8, 2018) — On Friday, a copy of a letter dated June 4, 2018 addressed to Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Tony Parker was received by this publication. The letter, written by Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, is […]
“EVERYBODY KNOWS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2018) — A communication received on Saturday reiterated the claim of an initial source who told us that a female correction officer at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN is literally terrorizing inmates as well as following through on those threats. We are not publishing the […]
“BETTER THEN WHAT WE HAD” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2018) — After months of filing grievances about the lack of weekend recreation time for inmates in the Protective Custody (PC) unit at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX), inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reported in a letter received Saturday that that policy has changed. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Dalmarys Matos (203) 576-7201, dalmarys.matos@bridgeportct.gov (Jun. 2, 2018) — WHO: City of Bridgeport community members, Representatives from The Under the Bridge Project, City Council members WHAT: The City of Bridgeport will honor and remember Linda Cervero for feeding the city’s hungry and homeless populations every Sunday for 25 years by […]
“THE INVESTIGATORS SHOULD BE LOCKED-UP” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 1, 2018) — In a letter received on Thursday, Shelby County, TN inmate Datel Taylor reported that his public defender has left her position and that his family has shunned him as a result of a false murder charge. Taylor has contacted us on two previous […]
CONTRABAND REPORTEDLY SUPPLIED BY CORRECTION OFFICER WITH IMPUNITY by Sharon Rondeau (May 28, 2018) — Late last week a letter arrived from a source at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN describing a process with which this writer was not acquainted: “B and B.” The source described the term as “when an officer […]
“I REALLY HAVE NO RECOURSE” by Sharon Rondeau (May 28, 2018) — Earlier this month, two appeals filed by an attorney representing “Michelle Robinson” in the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles were reviewed, with the court affirming the dependency court’s award of custody to the child’s father and dismissing […]
“I REALLY DID NOT EXPECT IT” by Sharon Rondeau (May 24, 2018) — On Thursday afternoon, The Post & Email was able to speak with former TDOC prisoner Robert Z. Whipple, III, who was released from the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) at approximately 5:00 PM local time on Tuesday to parole status. Whipple had […]
FIVE WEEKS AFTER PAROLE GRANTED by Sharon Rondeau (May 23, 2018) — On Wednesday evening The Post & Email received a message from Robert Z. Whipple, III that at long last he was released from prison to parole. His April 18 parole hearing concluded in a positive outcome, but his actual release to a halfway […]
“BY LAW HE IS THE ONE THAT HAS TO BE MOVED” by Sharon Rondeau (May 19, 2018) — On April 16, 2018, an article was published from documents received from Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jerome L. Johnson, #150724, in which he alleged to the prison warden, Shawn Phillips, that he was the victim […]