“ONGOING VIOLATIONS” – INCLUDING ASSAULT by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2019) — A letter received Friday from an inmate at the South Central Correction Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN dated March 2, 2019 describes “racial discrimination,” a lack of sanitation in his unit and an assault by a correction officer. In addition to the alleged […]
“TEAR GAS WAS USED” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2017) — In a letter dated April 12, 2017, an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN acknowledged an April 8 incident which took place at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX) in which three correction officers were injured and hospitalized at […]
“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 […]
“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- […]
FEDERAL JUDGE RULES INMATE’S EIGHTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS MUST BE UPHELD BY MEDICAL TREATMENT by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 5, 2017) — In a ruling issued on Tuesday, a federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania wrote that an inmate diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2015 should receive treatment for the disease from the Pennsylvania Department […]
LACK OF MEDICAL, DENTAL CARE; PRISONERS-FOR-PROFIT by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 29, 2015) — Since Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III was sent to prison in August of last year, The Post & Email has received letters from many inmates, some of whom write to us on a regular basis about their cases, prison conditions, forced participation in […]