“I HATE PEOPLE WHO PREY ON THE HANDICAP” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 2, 2018) — A letter received on Thursday from Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer reported that a Corporal Chad Wagner “is being soft towards gang members” based on an alleged assault by a gang member against an older disabled […]
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Inmate Claims Purposeful Retaliation for Exposing “Wrongdoing”
“IF I’M HARMED IT IS DUE TO…” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 14, 2018) — A copy of a letter sent to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam by inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, alleges that two correction officers at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) created the appearance that he was concealing a weapon in his cell. […]
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Tennessee’s MCCX: Why Has Harmer’s Cellmate Been Changed…and Changed Again?
“MCCX OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PUTTING GANG MEMBERS IN THE CELL WITH ME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 13, 2018) — A letter received Friday from MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer reports that without his having requested a change in cell assignment or cellmate, two successive cellmates have been brought in who are gang members. Last August, […]
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Tennessee: Harmer Reports Improvements in Protective Custody
DESPITE RECENT “SHAKEDOWN” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2018) — A letter received Thursday from MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer states that conditions in the protective custody (PC) unit, where he has been housed for nearly a year, have recently improved. Harmer attributed the changes to The Post & Email’s reportage based on his and […]
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Harmer Reports Shakedown
“THEY MAY DO SOMETHING TO ME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 29, 2018) — A letter received Friday from TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reports that prison guards conducted a “shakedown” of his person and cell, allegedly falsely claiming that he was in possession of a sharpened toothbrush. Harmer is housed at the Morgan County […]
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Tennessee Inmate Reports Facial Disfigurement, Denial of Emergency Surgery Following “Brutal” Attack
“THE NEW PRISON DOCTOR IS APPALLED BY MY CONDITION” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2018) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX) in Only, TN describing a horrific attack resulting in life-altering facial and dental injuries which he claimed went untreated. Further, […]
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Harmer Continues to Sound Alarm on Lack of Security
“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 […]
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Harmer Reports Breaches of Protective-Custody Protocols
“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 […]
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Harmer Contacts Tennessee Health Commissioner
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 […]
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Wife of Mentally-Ill Inmate Addresses Tennessee Board of Parole
“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 […]
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Why Are Inmates Kept So Long in Protective Custody?
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 […]
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Positive Development Reported at MCCX
“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. […]
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MCCX Inmate Reports Threat of Extortion Extending to Outside Relative
“THIS IS WHY I’M ON P.C. STATUS” by Sharon Rondeau (May 16, 2018) — A copy of a memo received by this publication on Tuesday states that an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) is being extorted for money and threatened with physical harm as a result of his cousin, also an inmate […]
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Report: Protective-Custody Review, Mandated by State Policy, Conducted Outside Inmate’s Cell
“HEARING FORM SHALL BE MARKED CONFIDENTIAL” by Sharon Rondeau (May 16, 2018) — A copy of a memo addressed to Associate Warden of Treatment Ken Hutchinson at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) by inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, states that “an improper P.C. hearing review” took place outside of his cell door. According to […]
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Report from MCCX: Religious Discrimination, Inmates Performing Work of Correction Officers
“CHECK THE SECURITY CAMERAS” by Sharon Rondeau (May 11, 2018) — On Friday The Post & Email received a set of memos dated May 4, 2018 from TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, alleging a number of “illegal” actions on the part of staff at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX), where he has been […]
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Report: Four Inmates Hospitalized After Drug Overdoses
AT TENNESSEE’S MORGAN COUNTY FACILITY by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 27, 2018) — A two-page memorandum received on Friday from TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer reports that four inmates from the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) were “escorted” to the University of Tennessee Medical Center “because they overdosed on drugs sometime between 6:00 pm on 4-19-18 […]
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NWCX Inmate Reports New Warden Violating Policy, Confiscating Personal Property without Warning
“ACTING IN AN OUTLAW FASHION” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 15, 2018) — Approximately two weeks ago, the warden at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) in Wartburg, TN, Shawn Phillips, changed places with the warden then at Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, Mike Parris. Parris had been warden at MCCX prior to his transfer […]
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TDOC Denies Inmate with Mental Illness Parole
“ANOTHER YEAR OF ABUSE BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE” by Beth Haycraft, ©2018 (Apr. 11, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The following summary was sent today by Beth Haycraft, the wife of TDOC inmate Michael Wayne Haycraft, #00277811, whose parole hearing on Tuesday resulted in a decision to maintain him in prison for another year. Mrs. […]
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MCCX: Harmer Reports Continued Nighttime “Harassment”
INMATE OFFERS TO “TRAIN” STAFF ON “POLICY” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 7, 2018) — In a March 31, 2018 memorandum, Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, wrote to Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Tony Parker to say that he continues to be a victim of “harassment” on the part of […]