“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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Report: Three Riots in Shelby County Jail Since October, Officer “Briefly Held Hostage”
INMATE ALLEGES “3 RIOTS AND ONE PEACEFUL PROTEST” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 2, 2017) — Last week, The Post & Email received a letter dated January 18, 2017 in which an inmate at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN conveyed a heretofore unreported story to this publication of three “riots” plus a “peaceful” protest […]
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The Post & Email Contacts CoreCivic’s Executive Vice President on Inmate Allegations
AT TROUSDALE TURNER CORRECTIONAL CENTER by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2017) — On January 24, The Post & Email anonymously published a letter from an inmate alleging delayed medical care followed by a suicide attempt after being left in a shower stall for two days. The inmate reported that out of desperation, he assaulted a […]
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How Does Athens Federal Community Bank “Salute” Veterans?
BANK PRESIDENT & CEO, FORMER GRAND JURY FOREMAN, ADMITTED VETERAN DID NOT COMMIT PERJURY by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 14, 2017) — A sign saying “We Salute Our Vets” outside of the Athens Federal Community Bank in Athens, TN is belied by the actions of the bank’s president and CEO, Jeffrey L. Cunningham, who was the […]
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New Rule Issued to Prohibit Horse Soring
A “CELEBRATION” FOR MANY by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 13, 2017) — As predicted by animal-cruelty activist BillyGoBoy on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday issued a new regulation with the purpose of better enforcing the Horse Protection Act of 1970, which forbids the showing or transporting of a “sore” horse. Soring is […]
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Another TTCC Horror Story
“EVERYTHING IS GETTING SUBVERTED BY THE OFFICIALS HERE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 7, 2017) — On Friday, the relative of an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN contacted The Post & Email to relate accounts of horrific conditions within the prison similar to those which have been reported by both […]
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The Post & Email Thanks You
AND WISHES YOU A “MERRY CHRISTMAS” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 24, 2016) — The Post & Email would like to share some of the Christmas cards received from readers and inmates this year. The featured image at right is from a card received today, Christmas Eve. The second is from an inmate at the Northwest […]
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The Post & Email Contacts the Trump Transition Team about “Big Lick” Horse Cruelty
DOES “BUSINESS” OUTWEIGH SUFFERING? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2016) — On Tuesday morning at 9:09 AM EST, the following message was sent through the Trump transition team website, greatagain.gov: Good morning. I have contacted you before on the topic of government corruption to which my newspaper, The Post & Email, has been dedicated to […]
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Former Trump Campaign Manager Says Rather Than Prosecute, President-Elect Could Help Hillary Clinton “Heal”
BUT HAVE CRIMES BEEN COMMITTED? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 22, 2016) — On Twitter and through other outlets on Tuesday morning, a video of an NBC News interview of former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway stating that president-elect Donald Trump “does not wish” to prosecute his former rival, Hillary Clinton, for her use of a […]
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Will Shelby County, TN Prosecutors be Disciplined?
“JUSTICE HAS TO COME AT SOME POINT” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 19, 2016) — Two recent letters received from inmates at the Shelby County, TN jail reported that Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich was under some type of investigation for conduct associated with her duties as the chief prosecutor for Tennessee’s 30th Judicial […]
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The Post & Email Contacts the Presidential Transition Team
TENNESSEE, MILITARY, GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 13, 2016) — On Sunday morning, this writer sent the following message through the “Share Your Ideas” portal at the Presidential Transition Team website, greatagain.gov: I plan to continue my now-seven-year work at The Post & Email, an online newspaper which is citizen-driven, focusing on constitutional issues […]
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U.S. Supreme Court and Some States Clash on Life Sentences Without Parole for Juveniles
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT?” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 1, 2016) — A letter received on Thursday from a Tennessee prison inmate highlighted the inconsistency between Tennessee state law and two U.S. Supreme Court decisions issued in 2012 and this past January, respectively, regarding life sentences for those who were under the age of 18 when […]
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Guess Who Reads The Post & Email?
“YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 27, 2016) — As reflected by our visitor traffic tool, someone from the U.S. House of Representatives was reading three articles at The Post & Email on Tuesday, including one about an FBI agent’s response to a citizen’s questions about Obama’s eligibility in November 2009. A second […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Ejected From Witness Stand by Tennessee “Judge,” Part 2
“MR. COFFEE IS ON THE RECORD” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email published an article containing the first part of a letter from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III describing his short-lived testimony in Shelby County on August 16 in response to a subpoena from inmate Jerome L. […]
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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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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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Shelby County, TN Claims it Has No Grand Jury Foreman Appointing Orders for the Past Eight Years…
BUT AT LEAST ONE EXISTS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2016) — For nearly seven years, The Post & Email has reported on the practice of Tennessee criminal court judges’ selection of the foreman of each county grand jury by personal preference rather than from the legally-impaneled jury pool. Potential members of both grand juries […]
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Can Prison Wardens Be Criminally Charged for Inmate Injuries Occurring Under Their Watch?
“THE WARDEN IS CHARGED WITH THE DUTY OF TREATING THE INMATES WITH HUMANITY AND KINDNESS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 30, 2016) — The Post & Email is in receipt of three letters from TDOC inmate Richard A. Mayers, #347890, who is housed at West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) in Henning and describes unspeakable abuse at […]
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Does a Tennessee District Attorney Have the Right to Influence the Board of Parole?
“THEY DON’T CARE AND THEY WON’T CORRECT IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 22, 2016) — Over the past 30 days, The Post & Email received two letters from TDOC inmate Jimmy Newell claiming that despite his agreement to take a plea deal in a 2014 case involving theft of property and having served twice the […]
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Should the Hawkins County, TN Jail be Shut Down?
“WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE THAT JAIL NEEDS TO STOP” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 19, 2016) — On July 7, The Post & Email received a letter from a Tennessee state prison inmate detailing allegations of inmate abuse at the Hawkins County jail in Rogersville, TN. As we had not previously reported on that particular […]