“LIKE A CANCER ALL ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 13, 2016) — The Post & Email recently received a letter from an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX), reputed by some to be one of the better Tennessee prisons, describing “hands-on training” exercised by correction officers against inmates. […]
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Tennessee Inmate Richard A. Mayers Provides Update on his Condition, New Surroundings
“GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 23, 2016) — In a July 30, 2016 article prompted by a letter received from Tennessee state inmate Richard A. Mayers, The Post & Email related Mayers’s report of repeated beatings at the hands of correction officers at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP), where […]
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Tennessee Prison Now in Federal Sight
BUT WILL ANYTHING BE DONE? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 4, 2016) — On Tuesday an individual from the U.S. House of Representatives was reading a story at The Post & Email written in June about the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC), a privately-run prison located in Trousdale County, TN. Since early May, The Post & […]
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TTCC Conditions Horrific, Say Inmate Relatives
“HARTSVILLE PRISON CONTINUES TO TREAT HUMANS WORSE THAN ANIMALS” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 23, 2016) — On Friday at 9:56 AM EDT, the following message was sent to Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Communications Director Neysa Taylor: Good morning, Ms. Taylor, I know last month you claimed that the dozens of reports I have received […]
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How Can So Many Corroborating First-Hand Accounts be “Inaccurate?”
IS “IMPRESSION” MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRUTH? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 20, 2016) — Since the first week of May, The Post & Email has been reporting on what has been described as abnormal and dangerous conditions at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN. The new prison opened on January 6 of this […]
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TTCC Inmate Reports “Crazy” Situation with Medications
“THESE PEOPLE COULD CARE LESS” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 17, 2016) — Since early May, The Post & Email has reported on a myriad of problems at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN stemming from severe short-staffing and what appears to be lackadaisical and ineffectual management. TTCC is owned and operated by […]
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Reports of Continued Dire Conditions at Trousdale County, TN Prison
CLAIM: MEDICATIONS NOT DISPENSED WHILE PRISON ON FREQUENT LOCKDOWN by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 12, 2016) — A number of reports received since Friday evening continue to paint a dire picture of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC), in Hartsville, TN in Trousdale County. The prison opened in January and has been plagued with a variety […]
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Report: Gang Members “Jumped,” Beat Inmate to Steal New Pair of Shoes
TENNESSEE’S PRISON GULAG by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 3, 2016) — A family of an inmate housed at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN in for The Post Email on Saturday night that following the listing of a five-day lockdown, “they were taken off this am. Then 2 hours later 6 gang members […]
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Are “Non-Affiliated” Inmates Discriminated Against at Trousdale?
REPORT: GANG MEMBERS GIVEN PREFERENCE OVER “NON-AFFILIATED” INMATES FOR JOBS by Anonymous Inmate, Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) (Aug. 24, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on Monday from an inmate not heard from previously by this publication. However, it is one of dozens of letters The Post & Email has received […]
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TDOC Spokeswoman: Reports of Dangerous Conditions at CCA-Run Prison “Inaccurate”
WHO IS LYING, AND WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH? WHAT IS “GOOD JOURNALISM?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 24, 2016) — On Monday, The Post & Email spoke with Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) spokeswoman Neysa Taylor about the myriad reports from inmates and their relatives describing an understaffed, gang-operated environment at the Trousdale Turner Correctional […]