Tag: Jonathan Burns
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DOJ to Cease Contracts with Private Prison Operators, But What About the States?
AND TENNESSEE, IN PARTICULAR by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 22, 2016) — On Thursday, Deputy Attorney Gen. Sally Q. Yates announced that the US Department of Justice would not renew contracts with private prison operators or would “substantially reduce its scope in a manner consistent with law and the overall decline of the bureau’s inmate population.”…
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TTCC Inmate Reports “Diabetics Being Taken Out of Here on Stretchers Because They Didn’t Get Their Insulin”
A “CRUEL PUNISHMENT” by Anonymous Inmate, TTCC, Trousdale County, TN (Jun. 6, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received by The Post & Email on June 4, 2016 and supports other inmates’ reports over the last month of understaffing, substandard accommodations, irregular dispensing of insulin and other medications, and a facility maintained in…
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Relative Says Tennessee Prison Uses Gang Members to Perform Nightly Lockdown
“IT’S A CONCENTRATION CAMP” by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2016) — An individual who regularly visits the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN told The Post & Email on Wednesday that she has waited almost five hours to see her relative on scheduled visitation days. “We get there about 7:30 and sometimes you…
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The New York Times, AP Report Understaffing, Cessation of New Prisoner Arrivals at Trousdale County, TN CCA Facility
INMATE, VISITOR REPORTS TO THE POST & EMAIL CORROBORATED BY NATIONAL NEWS OUTLET by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2016) — An article written by the Associated Press published in The New York Times on Tuesday afternoon corroborates the accounts of a number of inmates’ relatives as well as an inmate concerning short-staffing at the Trousdale…
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Private Prison Corporation Representative Initially Responds to The Post & Email, Then Goes Dark and Quiet
QUESTIONS ABOUT INMATE CLASSIFICATIONS, STAFFING, POLICIES REMAIN UNANSWERED by Sharon Rondeau (May 20, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email shared excerpts of letters received from a Tennessee prison inmate describing his new surroundings in a privately-run, as opposed to state-run, prison. Correction Corporation of America (CCA) operates the newly-opened prison at Hartsville, TN…
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Inmate Gives a Glimpse of New Private Prison in Tennessee
IS A PRIVATELY-RUN PRISON BETTER THAN ONE RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (May 17, 2016) — An inmate recently moved from a Tennessee state prison to the newly-opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville has reported environmental problems including a smell of gas, lack of hot water, and severe understaffing. TTCC is…