Tag: TDOC
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Former Tennessee Inmate Kristina Cole: the Next Chapter
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2023) — In late April, Tennessee inmate Kristina Cole was paroled from a 13.5-year sentence imposed by Shelby County in 2017 as a result of a grant of clemency on the part of Gov. Bill Lee just before Christmas and an affirming vote in March by the Board of Parole.…
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Co-Defendant to “Bait-and-Switch” Case Granted Parole
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 11, 2023) — Following a March 28, 2023 parole hearing and subsequent change in her posted TDOC status, on Tuesday The Post & Email obtained confirmation from Tennessee Board of Parole (BOP) spokesman Dustin Krugel that Kristina Yvette Cole, inmate #583144, has been granted parole by a three-member panel. Just before…
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“Non-Binding Recommendation” Favors Parole for Co-Defendant Kristina Cole
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 29, 2023) — As The Post & Email reported Sunday, on Tuesday a parole hearing was held for Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Kristina Cole, a Memphis mother of three who has been incarcerated since late 2017 after she was convicted of two charges associated with distributing drugs in a…
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Two Days Before Hearing, Jason White again “Locked Down”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2022) — In early June, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was transported from New Mexico to the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN in anticipation of a post-conviction petition hearing in the Shelby County Criminal Court scheduled for July 5. In May 2019, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC)…
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Conditions Improve for Inmate Awaiting Post-Conviction Hearing for More Than Two Years
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2022) — The Post & Email has confirmed that following our report on Saturday in the case of Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jason Lamar White, White has been transferred out of the “iron-bar” cell to which he was confined after arriving in Tennessee for a court hearing next…
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Tennessee Inmate, Banished to New Mexico, Speaks with The Post & Email
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 11, 2022) — On Thursday, The Post & Email received a phone call from TDOC inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico for the last three years but was recently returned to Tennessee, presumably for a long-awaited court hearing scheduled for July 5. As we have reported…
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Jason White Returned to Tennessee
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 5, 2022) — Quite unexpectedly, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico for the last three years, was late last week transported back to Tennessee, where a long-sought post-conviction petition hearing is scheduled to take place one month from today on July 5, 2022 in Shelby…
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Source Confirms Former Tennessee Inmate Sleeping Outside in 20-Degree Cold
“INTENTIONAL MEANNESS” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2020) — The eyewitness who told The Post & Email that former inmate Grenda Ray Harmer was dropped off at a “community resource center” last week by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) without a plan for housing, shelter, medical care, employment or public benefits confirmed on Friday…
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Report: Former Tennessee Inmate, Released Last Week, “Living on the Streets”
TDOC MUM ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR GRENDA RAY HARMER by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 3, 2020) — An article published Monday by David Tulis of Noogaradio 92.7 FM and TNtrafficticket.com reports that a 25-year inmate of the Tennessee Department of Corrections, Grenda Ray Harmer, was brought in an ad-hoc fashion to a “community resource center” upon the…
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Tennessee: Harmer Placed on “Inactive” Status
“NO LONGER UNDER STATE SUPERVISION” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 28, 2020) — The inmate database of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) shows on Friday morning that Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, has been placed on “inactive” status due to the expiration of his 25-year sentence on Wednesday. As The Post & Email has reported, on…
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Harmer Again Declines Release
FOR MEDICAL REASONS by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 19, 2020) — A copy of a letter received Tuesday from Tennessee state inmate Grenda Ray Harmer indicates, as he stated last year, that he will not consent to a release from the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) on his scheduled release date of February…
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Tennessee Comptroller Audit Notes Significant Shortcomings in Prison Management
MEDICAL CARE AND RECORDS, STAFFING SHORTAGES AMONG CHIEF CONCERNS by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 11, 2020) — A 234-page “Performance Audit Report” released Friday by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury found the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) to be deficient in carrying out the department’s mission “to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective…
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Tennessee Inmate Reports Fall Down 19 Stairs While Shackled with Virtually No Follow-Up Treatment
“I’M STILL A HUMAN BEING” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 25, 2019) — A letter received Tuesday from an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN reports that following an appearance at the courthouse in Lynchburg, Moore County, last month, he fell down a 19-step staircase while in custody and received virtually no…
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Tennessee: Harmer Likely to Remain in Custody Another Year
INMATE CHOOSES TO CONVALESCE UNDER CARE OF TDOC by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 26, 2019) — In a letter received Tuesday, 25-year TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reported that he will likely remain in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) for another year because of medical conditions for which he just recently…
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CoreCivic Responds to The Post & Email on Trousdale Facility Report
“LOCKDOWN” IMPOSED FOLLOWING REPORTED INMATE ALTERCATION by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 11, 2019) — Late Monday morning, The Post & Email received an email from an individual who stated that she received information from several inmates at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN, the state’s newest prison with a track record of violence…
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Inmate Plans to Remain in Custody if Medical Problems Remain
SUGGESTS IMMEDIATE TREATMENT WOULD BE “LESS COSTLY” THAN EXTENDED STAY by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 1, 2019) — On Saturday The Post & Email received a copy of a letter from Tennessee inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88170, to Gov. Bill Lee stating that he will not consent to release by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC)…
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Harmer Follows Up on TDOC Commissioner with Tennessee Governor
“PRISONS ARE NOT EASY TO GOVERN AND CONTROL” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 15, 2019) — In a follow-up letter dated July 15, 2019, MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, wrote to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to convey his observation that Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Tony Parker is prohibited by state statute to serve…
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Tennessee: Harmer Blows Whistle on Prison Staff Shortages
LONG-TERM INMATE FEARS OVERWORKED STAFF INCAPABLE OF HANDLING POTENTIAL EMERGENCY by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 12, 2019) — On Friday The Post & Email received a copy of a letter dated August 5, 2019 to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from MCCX inmate Grenda Ray Harmer reporting “a severe staff shortage of officers” creating what Harmer sees…
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TDOC Prisoner Granted Parole 18 Years After Eligibility
“I STAY RESPECTFUL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2019) — A letter received on Monday from TDOC inmate Omowale A. Shabazz, #244104, rescinded an earlier request that we not divulge his having been granted parole effective in April 2020. Shabazz, whose birth name was Fred Edmond Dean, wrote in his June 24, 2019 typewritten letter…
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Another Inmate Fears for His Life at Trousdale Turner
“SEE IF BY THE TIME YOU GET THIS I AM IN THE HOSPITAL OR DEAD” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 17, 2019) — A letter received Monday from an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville warns that because of ongoing threats to his life by gang members and his cellmate, he fears…