Tag: Jerome Johnson
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Inmate Demands Removal from Same Course Cited by Walter Fitzpatrick
“STOP THIS FRAUDULENT ACT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 12, 2017) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN has filed a complaint similar to that made by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III almost two years ago when he was forced into the Pro-Social Life Skills (PSLS) class at Northwest Correctional Complex…
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Inmate Reports Prison Violence, Correction Officer Injured; No Mainstream Media Coverage
“THIS PLACE IS SO CORRUPT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 17, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, from whom we have heard twice before, describing two inmate stabbings and another of a correction officer at the West Tennessee State…
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Walter Fitzpatrick Barred From His Own Disciplinary Hearing
“AMAZING…JUST AMAZING” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 13, 2015) — On Tuesday The Post & Email received a letter from TDOC inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III reporting that he was asked to leave while a disciplinary board decided the status of a write-up he received for refusing to participate in a class. Fitzpatrick has been imprisoned…
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Walter Fitzpatrick Receives “Class A” Write-Up for Refusal to Participate in Pro-Social Life Skills Class
“WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW HOLDS IN STORE?” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2015) — On Friday, The Post & Email reported that an appeal to a disciplinary write-up filed by TDOC inmate Jerome Johnson to Commissioner Derrick Schofield was denied, with Schofield upholding Warden Mike Parris’s decision to enforce the discipline outlined in the report.…
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TDOC Commissioner Denies Inmate’s Appeal of Disciplinary Write-Up Stemming from Forced Class Participation
APPEALS TO TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BILL HASLAM by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 2, 2015) — Beginning in late May, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick informed The Post & Email that he was pressured to participate in the Pro-Social Life Skills (PSLS) class taught by a Mr. Terry Hopper at the Northwest Correctional Complex…
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Tennessee Prison Inmate Sends Disciplinary Appeal to State Corrections Commissioner
WHY ARE INMATES FORCED TO TAKE CLASSES? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 12, 2015) — On September 3, The Post & Email received documentation from TDOC inmate Jerome L. Johnson indicating that he was appealing a grievance against NWCX Warden Mike Parris and several staff members for issuing him a disciplinary “write-up” for his refusal to…
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Tennessee Inmate Describes Permanent Injury from Inadequate Medical Care
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 27, 2015) — On Monday, The Post & Email received a letter from Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Mitchell Bowers, who currently resides at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, stating that as a result of improper care on the part of prison staff…
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Second Tennessee Inmate Reports Disciplinary Action for Refusing to Participate in Pro-Social Life Skills Course
“RAMP UP THE PRESSURE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 23, 2015) — Beginning in late May, retired Naval officer and Tennessee prison inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III reported that staff at the Northwest Correctional Center (NWCX) had enrolled him in the Pro-Social Life Skills class despite his having been deemed unsuitable for it during his intake…