Tag: prison conditions
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SCCF Retaliates Against Whistleblower Inmate by Withholding Necessary Medications, Segregation
“THEY KEPT ME ON A COLD PIECE OF STEEL FREEZING” by Sharon Rondeau (May 2, 2017) — Letters and documents received from a Tennessee inmate on Monday indicate that he is the object of retaliation by correction officers at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN. SCCF is one of four privately-operated prisons…
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SCCF Inmate Reports He is Again Denied Life-Saving Medication
“IF NOT CORRECTED, IT WILL KILL ME” by Sharon Rondeau (May 1, 2017) — On Monday, The Post & Email received three letters from Tennessee state inmate Grenda Harmer, who wrote that once again he has been denied three essential prescription medications which have placed him at risk of death. Harmer is housed at the…
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Inmate Reports Denial of Two Necessary Medications
“NO LONGER ON THE FORMULARY” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 2, 2017) — TTCC inmate Grenda Harmer, who has previously written to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam about alleged gang activity and other wrongdoing at the facility, has filed an emergency grievance with prison management citing “denial of adequate medical care.” The two-page grievance is copied to…
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Tennessee Inmate Sends Petition to U.S. Senator Requesting FBI Investigation of Prison Conditions
“WE NEED HELP WE NEED IT NOW” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 28, 2017) — An inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) in Wartburg, TN has written a letter and enclosed a petition signed by other inmates requesting that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launch an investigation into “human rights violations” consisting of…
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New Inmate: TTCC “Worst Facility”
“DYSFUNCTIONAL” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 24, 2017) — In a letter received on Tuesday, an inmate who has been housed in virtually all of Tennessee’s 14 prisons over a number of years described the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) as “the worst facility or institution that I have been in.” TTCC is owned and operated…
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Inmate Alleges Abuse of Contracted Workers by Private Prison Operator
AND “FAKE JOBS” FOR INMATES AT TAXPAYERS’ EXPENSE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 21, 2017) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN who has provided a recent number of reports alleging a prisoners-for-profit scheme, violated administrative policies and gang violence at the privately-run prison alleged in a February 4, 2017…
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TTCC Cardiac Patient Recontacts The Post & Email
“HOW DO I GET THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA INVOLVED?” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 19, 2017) — An inmate whose story prompted The Post & Email to contact the Tennessee prison commissioner and an officer at CoreCivic, the owner/operator of the prison in question, has asked to be identified. In our initial article containing the inmate’s…
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Report: Inmates Overdosing on Drugs, “One Died” in January
“THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 3, 2017) — On January 25, an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) wrote a memo to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, copied to this writer and other parties, reporting that a unit of the troubled prison was placed on lock down as…
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The Post & Email Contacts CoreCivic’s Executive Vice President on Inmate Allegations
AT TROUSDALE TURNER CORRECTIONAL CENTER by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2017) — On January 24, The Post & Email anonymously published a letter from an inmate alleging delayed medical care followed by a suicide attempt after being left in a shower stall for two days. The inmate reported that out of desperation, he assaulted a…
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Another TTCC Inmate Reports “Big Gang Fight” on Thanksgiving Day
“THIS PLACE HASN’T CHANGED MUCH” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 10, 2017) — As has been reported by numerous inmates and their relatives over eight months, an updated report on conditions at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) from an inmate states that a “big gang fight” occurred on Thanksgiving Day resulting in multiple stabbings. While…
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Tennessee Prison Inmate Authors “Book” About Prison Issues
ALLEGES ASSAULTS ON INMATES, CONTRACT CORRUPTION, BILKING OF TAXPAYERS by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 5, 2017) — Earlier this week, The Post & Email received an oversized package from an inmate at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIC) in Only, TN measuring nearly two inches in height. We had received a letter from the same inmate,…
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TTCC Inmate Reports “Major Gang War”
ON THANKSGIVING DAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2016) — Another inmate from the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) has reported in a letter that “the entire facility is on lockdown due to a major gang war between the ‘Crips’ and the ‘Bloods.’ This is largely due to the understaffing and poor oversight at this…
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NWCX Inmate Reports High Degree of Danger, “No Curriculum” for Federally-Funded Vocational Programs
“THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO STRUCTURE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 16, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received from John Brewer, TDOC inmate #320298, on Friday. His reference to a “friend” is to Kevin Billioups, whose letter regarding a July 24, 2015 gang uprising at NWCX, reported dietary reductions, charges for sick calls and…
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Eye-Opening Letter on Prison Violence, Medical Care, Alleged Wage Confiscation
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” by Kevin Billioups, TDOC Inmate #350010 (Jan. 16, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on Friday, January 15, 2016 from the above-noted inmate at the Northwest Correctional Center (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN.]