Tag: Bryant K. Lewis
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Tennessee Inmate Reports Corroborate Each Other
“LOCKDOWN” CAUSED BY LACK OF STAFF, INMATE VIOLENCE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 4, 2016) — On Saturday, The Post & Email received two letters from different Tennessee prison inmates describing a lack of security at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN resulting from the arrival of gang members and other violent prisoners…
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Report: Trousdale CCA Prison Taking “Most Dangerous Inmates”
“WHY CAN’T THEY OPEN A NEW FACILITY AND OPERATE IT SAFELY?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 4, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: A letter from a Tennessee inmate received on Saturday reports that a privately-run prison in Hartsville, Trousdale County, TN about which The Post & Email has written previously has taken in a significant number of…
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Report: Audit Says Tennessee Prisons “Smoothly Operating”
ARE THEY IN THEIR OWN WORLD? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2015) — Following a request for an external audit of Tennessee’s prison system by Department of Corrections Commissioner Derrick Schofield, the American Correctional Assocation (ACA) reportedly found that while a new system to figure overtime pay for corrections officers was troublesome and assaults could…
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Inmate Incident Reports Altered One Day After Legislative Hearing on Prison Safety, Violence, Staffing Shortages
INDIVIDUAL REPORTS NOW SAY “ASSAULT;” MASTER REPORT CITED “ILLNESS” AS CAUSE FOR HOSPITALIZATION by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 5, 2015) — On Friday, The Post & Email received a letter from Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) inmate Bryant K. Lewis, who has written to us over the summer in a series of letters about violence within the…
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Tennessee Inmate Cites Loss of Life, Suffering Resulting from Uncontrolled Prison Gangs
“THE OUTCRY IS VERY REAL” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 26, 2015) — A Tennessee legislative subcommittee will meet on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. CDT at the Capitol, Legislative Plaza, Nashville to discuss complaints from corrections officers stemming from a scheduling change which took effect last year blamed for poor morale, a significant number of resignations,…
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Fitzpatrick: Most Information About Tennessee Prison Conditions “Being Successfully Suppressed”
“WORKING IN A PANIC” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 20, 2015) — In a 44-page handwritten letter from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III dated 27 July 2015, he described his ongoing efforts to opt out of the Adult Basic Education class in which he is enrolled at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) despite his high…
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TDOC Inmate Provides Documentation of Hospitalizations from Recent Gang Violence Indicated as “Illness”
CORRECTIONS OFFICERS FACE SEVERE FATIGUE, STRESS, UNDERSTAFFING AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 19, 2015) — Over the last several weeks, The Post & Email has received several letters from Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Bryant K. Lewis describing horrendous working conditions within the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) located in Tiptonville. On July…
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Bombshell Exclusive: TDOC Employees Violate Departmental Rules to Keep Inmates in Adult Basic Education Class
FITZPATRICK: NWCX WARDEN, INSTRUCTORS “RUNNING A CON GAME” TO BILK FEDERAL TREASURY…AND TAXPAYERS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 8, 2015) — In late May, The Post & Email received a letter from Tennessee state inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III which stated that staff were pressuring him to participate in the “Pro-Social Life Skills” (PSLS, p. 9)…
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Second Letter in As Many Days Received From Tennessee Inmate on Prison Violence
“REALLY HEINOUS ACTS” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 3, 2015) — On Monday, The Post & Email received a second letter from NWCX inmate Bryant K. Lewis expressing his deep concern over the reportedly worsening crisis within the Tennessee state prison system encompassing low staffing levels and dangerous gang activity. The Post & Email received a…
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Tennessee Prison Inmate Describes Dangerous Working Conditions of Corrections Officers
“ARE YOU WAITING FOR A MASS KILLING?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 1, 2015) — On July 25, a brief article in The Chattanoogan related an incident involving a reported eight inmates, all members of dangerous gangs, at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN the day before. In response to the incident, The Post…