LONG-TERM INMATE FEARS OVERWORKED STAFF INCAPABLE OF HANDLING POTENTIAL EMERGENCY by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 12, 2019) — On Friday The Post & Email received a copy of a letter dated August 5, 2019 to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer reporting “a severe staff shortage of officers” creating what Harmer sees […]
SHORT-STAFFING NOW EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED; LOCKDOWN IMMINENTLY EXPECTED by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 15, 2017) — In a letter dated March 4, 2017 to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN alleged that the CEO of the prison operator and the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) commissioner […]
ARE THERE CORRECTION OFFICERS WHO ARE CRIMINALS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 30, 2017) — On Saturday, The Post & Email received a one-page letter from an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC), about which we have written extensively over the last nine months. Although open for only 13 months, the institution has reportedly […]
“CRIMINALS WITH A BADGE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2017) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email received a large envelope from Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) inmate Richard A. Mayers, whose last letter related a deterioration in his situation, specifically health care. Centurion is the company contracted to provide medical care in both publicly- […]
“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 […]
IS THE SIMMERING CAULDRON ABOUT TO BOIL OVER? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 5, 2016) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN wrote in a letter received on Thursday that despite small improvements noted at the facility over the past two months by some inmates, conditions have worsened. “I think […]
“HE WAS TRULY AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 14, 2016) — Since May 17, The Post & Email has made public a number of reports received from relatives of inmates at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN, a new facility plagued with problems since it opened its doors in […]
ARE NEW SURROUNDINGS MORE DANGEROUS THAN BEFORE? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2016) — By means of a letter received on Friday, The Post & Email learned that Tennessee inmate #540003, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, was relocated to the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP), colloquially known as “West High,” on March 1. While we know […]
NON-DELIVERY OF DRUGS SAID TO BE CATALYST by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 27, 2016) — Over the past nine months, The Post & Email has received a plethora of reports from inmates at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN of gang violence, correction officer and inmate injuries, physical abuse of inmates by correction officers, […]
“NOTHING BUT RETALIATION” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 23, 2015) — In a letter received on Monday, NWCX inmate Jerome L. Johnson informed The Post & Email that he has been inexplicably relocated from the minimum-security building where he was housed to a medium-security area populated by a significant number of gang members. A letter from […]
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION COMMISSIONER COMES UNDER CLOSER SCRUTINY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 31, 2015) — In an editorial written by a staff reporter for The Tennesseean dated October 25, 2015, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Derrick Schofield is encouraged to resign his post amid allegations of mismanagement, placing prison guards at risk, and misreporting […]
“SCHOFIELD IS WORKING HIS OFFICERS TO DEATH” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 19, 2015) — In a letter dated 15 October 2015 from Tennessee state inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, The Post & Email has learned of the tragic passing of a 20-year-old corrections officer employed by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), which has been […]