Tag: Tennessee Department of Correction

  • Botched Execution Denied Justice for Victim

    Botched Execution Denied Justice for Victim

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    by Jeff Crouere, ©2026 (Oct. 4, 2026) — On Wednesday, the state of Tennessee botched the execution of convicted first-degree murderer Christa Pike. After several attempts to administer an injection of lethal pentobarbital failed, Pike was taken to a hospital, where she remains unconscious and on a ventilator. The attempted execution was delayed for more…

  • Tennessee Inmate Reports Medical Treatment Rendered as “Punishment”

    Tennessee Inmate Reports Medical Treatment Rendered as “Punishment”

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    “SIMILAR TO BEING IN THE ‘HOLE’” by Raymond Wright, TDOC #216628 (Dec. 30, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The Post & Email received the following letter on Wednesday of this week and will be sending a link to this article, as well as an article published on Wednesday regarding prison medical concerns, to Tennessee Department of…

  • TTCC Conditions Horrific, Say Inmate Relatives

    TTCC Conditions Horrific, Say Inmate Relatives

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    “HARTSVILLE PRISON CONTINUES TO TREAT HUMANS WORSE THAN ANIMALS” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 23, 2016) — On Friday at 9:56 AM EDT, the following message was sent to Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Communications Director Neysa Taylor: Good morning, Ms. Taylor, I know last month you claimed that the dozens of reports I have received…

  • Trousdale Inmate Reports Privileges Earned Are Disregarded

    Trousdale Inmate Reports Privileges Earned Are Disregarded

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    IN FAVOR OF NEW ARRIVALS by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 6, 2016) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN reported through a letter received on Tuesday that despite his having arrived at the facility in late April as a minimum-security prisoner eager to work and with a history of good…

  • Walter Fitzpatrick Weighs in on Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

    Walter Fitzpatrick Weighs in on Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

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    “‘WE THE PEOPLE’ HAVE THE LAST WORD” by LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), TDOC #540003, WTSP (Jul. 17, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a portion of a 12-page letter received on Monday, July 11 from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III.  Fitzpatrick served 20 years in the U.S. Navy until his retirement…

  • Walter Fitzpatrick Breaks His Silence

    Walter Fitzpatrick Breaks His Silence

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    “ROUGH AND ROUGHED” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 8, 2016) — After nearly two months, The Post & Email on Tuesday received two letters from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III. One was five pages and the other 15, with the second a follow-up to the first. Nearly two years ago, Fitzpatrick was sentenced to three…

  • Will Walter Fitzpatrick’s Prediction Come True?

    Will Walter Fitzpatrick’s Prediction Come True?

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    DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION COMMISSIONER COMES UNDER CLOSER SCRUTINY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 31, 2015) — In an editorial written by a staff reporter for The Tennesseean dated October 25, 2015, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Derrick Schofield is encouraged to resign his post amid allegations of mismanagement, placing prison guards at risk, and misreporting…