Tag: Hawkins County TN
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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…
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Is the Hawkins County Jail Abusing Inmates?
INMATE FORMERLY HOUSED THERE ALLEGES BEATINGS, EXTENDED LOCKDOWN PERIODS, DEATHS by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2016) — In a recent letter from a Tennessee state inmate, The Post & Email was told that the Hawkins County, TN jail carries out off-camera beatings of inmates and that the facility is “one of the worst jails around.”…