Tag: Tennessee Department of Corrections
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Can There Be an “Operation Ghost Guard” in Tennessee?
INDICTMENTS ISSUED FOR GEORGIA PRISON CORRUPTION by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 12, 2016) — On Thursday, the FBI reported that it had “uncovered extensive crimes carried out by inmates with the help of corrupt guards” in 11 of Georgia’s 35 state prisons, resulting in the indictments of more than three dozen individuals, including corrections officers. The…
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Inmate Reports “Religious Bigotry” at Tennessee Prison
ARE OTHER FAITHS FAVORED OVER CATHOLICISM? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 11, 2014) — On Friday, The Post & Email received a letter from Bledsoe County Correctional Center (BCCX) inmate Jason Buckner with an article he wrote about his observations in the prison of his ability to practice his Catholic faith. As with the areas of…
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County vs. State vs….Corporate America!?
TENNESSEE INMATE DESCRIBES LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION IN PRIVATELY-RUN PRISON by Todd Sweet, ©2012 (May 14, 2012) —[Editor’s Note: The following 13-page handwritten letter describes Todd Sweet’s harrowing experience upon being relocated from a state-run prison in Wartburg, TN to a privately-operated facility in Clifton, TN in early February of this year. Both Sweet and his cellmate,…