“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 […]
INMATE SEES “DEHUMANIZING LIVING CONDITIONS” AS “PUNISHMENT” FOR AIDING OFFICER by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 29, 2018) — A letter arriving on Wednesday from an inmate at Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton describes conditions potentially hazardous to health and well-being ultimately attributed to “understaffing and undertraining of corrections officers” at the facility. However, […]
EXCORIATES WARDEN FOR NOT “PROTECTING SOCIETY BETTER” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 20, 2018) — Enclosed with a letter received on Friday from TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, was a copy of a report sent to Commissioner Tony Parker stating that a means of possible inmate escape was not properly safeguarded by Warden Shawn Phillips […]
“PLEASE INVESTIGATE THESE VERIFIABLE CLAIMS” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2017) — A September 28, 2017 letter from MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer to Tennessee state representative John Ray Clemmons outlines a number of alleged violations of the standards maintained by the American Correctional Association (ACA) as well as Tennessee law and official prison policies. […]
“HARMER, YOU WERE RIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2017) — As The Post & Email has reported, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, has been housed at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) since June 2. Since his arrival, he has related the confiscation of his personal property by MCCX […]
“THE POST & EMAIL BELIEVES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2017) — As announced on Friday evening, The Post & Email is seeking to raise a modest amount of money to meet its last-quarter expenses and continue its work on several fronts. As readers here are aware, the Obama long-form birth […]
ALLEGES CRIMES COMMITTED BY PRISON OFFICIALS by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 25, 2017) — On Monday The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN stating that the prison “has been on lockdown since Thursday without running water or water for drinking, no air conditioning, […]
BASED ON WHAT EVIDENCE? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2017) — Over the last two months, editor of Nooganomics David Tulis has received a number of letters from Tennessee inmate Grenda Harmer, #88710, a prolific writer and documentarian who has relentlessly pursued the exposure of corruption within the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC). Harmer is […]
“SQUALID DEHUMANIZING CONDITIONS” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2017) — In a letter received on Monday, an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN reiterated a recent complaint made to WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville that there is a “bedbug infestation” at the facility. SCCF is owned and operated by CoreCivic, […]
TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 2019 by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 29, 2017) — A trial date has been set for a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in May against private prison operator CoreCivic, its CEO, and a number of its employees at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN. The case, No. 1:17-cv-00041, was […]
COMPARES PRIVATE PRISON’S CONDITIONS TO ILLEGAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 7, 2017) — In a letter received on Monday dated August 1, 2017, an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN reported that over the summer, cell temperatures have reached or exceeded 100°F due to a faulty air-circulation […]
“LET’S SEE HOW THEY EXPLAIN THIS ONE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 6, 2017) — On Thursday, as also occurred on Monday, The Post & Email received three separate envelopes from TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, who has been on a hunger strike since the early afternoon of June 5. As Harmer stated in correspondence […]
BASED ON CASE LAW by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 2, 2017) — Earlier this year, Tennessee inmate Ronald Allen, #356042, filed a complaint with the Claims Commission of the State of Tennessee, Middle Division, alleging “negligent care, custody or control of personal property and persons” arising from his incarceration at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) […]
REPORTS NO FOOD CONSUMED FOR TWO WEEKS AND COUNTING by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2017) — Since receiving a letter on June 11 dated June 8, 2017, The Post & Email has not heard directly from normally-prolific writer and Tennessee inmate Grenda Harmer. In his last letter, Harmer, 64, said that he began a hunger […]
“IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2017) — As The Post & Email has reported since Friday, Nashville-based television station WSMV will be launching a four-part series at 6:00 PM CDT beginning on Monday and running through Thursday on the subject of corruption, substandard care, short-staffing, deaths and injuries within two […]
NASHVILLE TELEVISION STATION TO AIR SERIES ON INFAMOUS PRIVATE TENNESSEE PRISONS by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 17, 2017) — As word has already spread prior to a special report to be issued on Monday, The Post & Email can confirm that WSMV-Channel 4 in Nashville will be broadcasting a four-part series focusing on the Trousdale Turner […]
“YOU WON’T BE NEEDING THIS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 12, 2017) — On Monday, after receiving a well-sourced report that Tennessee state inmate Grenda Harmer had been relocated from the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) to the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) on June 3, we received a letter from Harmer detailing confiscation of his […]
TOLD TO SIGN PROPERTY LOG WITHOUT RETURN OF BELONGINGS by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 9, 2017) — A reliable source has informed The Post & Email that Tennessee prison inmate Grenda Harmer was roused at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 and hastily relocated from the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton to the Morgan […]
FOR THE SECOND TIME by Sharon Rondeau (May 18, 2017) — In a letter received on Thursday, Tennessee state inmate Grenda Harmer reported that beginning on Sunday afternoon, three prescription medications which were inexplicably discontinued approximately three weeks ago were dispensed. Shortly after arriving at SCCF from another CoreCivic-operated institution on April 5, Harmer reported […]
AN EIGHTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION? by Sharon Rondeau (May 15, 2017) — On Monday morning, The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate whose case we have been following for some months stating that he has been released from segregation and returned to the general population at South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, […]