Tag: Warden Shawn Phillips
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NWCX Inmate Reports New Warden Violating Policy, Confiscating Personal Property without Warning
“ACTING IN AN OUTLAW FASHION” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 15, 2018) — Approximately two weeks ago, the warden at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) in Wartburg, TN, Shawn Phillips, changed places with the warden then at Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, Mike Parris. Parris had been warden at MCCX prior to his transfer…
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Harmer Reports Continued Harassment by Third Shift Guards
“ORCHESTRATED” OR NOT? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2018) — In a memo dated February 25, TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reported that the “harassment” which he said began last month on the night shift recurred on the prior Friday and Saturday nights. Initially, Harmer described a correction officer entering his cell at 10:38…
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Harmer Reports Prescription Medication Reinstated
BUT FOR HOW LONG? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 28, 2018) — On January 19, 2018, TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, wrote in a letter received last week that the Naproxen he was prescribed years ago for degenerative joint disease was recently reinstated after having been withheld beginning on December 30. At that time, the…
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Harmer Reports Attempted Prison Escape
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…
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Prescription Medication Again Withheld from Whistleblower Inmate
ABSENCE OF MEDICATION REPORTEDLY CAUSED “CONVULSIONS, PASSING OUT” ONCE BEFORE by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2017) — In a letter received last week, TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, reported that one of his medications was withheld beginning on December 4, 2017. Since late July, Harmer has been in “segregation,” or solitary confinement, at the…
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Tennessee Prisons: Who Oversees the Overseer?
INMATE PREDICTS CORRECTIONS STAFF “WILL HARASS ME FOR EXPOSING THEM” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2017) — Enclosed with a letter received last week from TDOC inmate Grenda Harmer, #88710, was an “Administrative Notice” addressed to Commissioner Tony Parker citing the violation of a Tennessee statute, TDOC policy and the facility’s own policy on the…
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Report: Tennessee Prison Places Gang Member in Close Proximity to Inmate Target
INMATE ASKS WARDEN: “YOU TRYING TO PUT A HIT ON ME?” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 7, 2017) — In a report received from Nooganomics radio show host and former Chattanooga Times Free Press copy editor David Tulis on Sunday evening, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, whose case The Post & Email…
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Letter to Tennessee State Representative Details Alleged Code, Statutory Violations
“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.…
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Tennessee Inmate Reports “Ray” of Hope from Protective Custody
“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…
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MCCX Inmate Reports Ongoing Harassment
TELLS COMMISSIONER: “FIRE WARDEN PHILLIPS” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 9, 2017) — TDOC inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, continues to report difficulties with Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) staff since he was placed in protective custody (PC) at the end of July following an altercation with the gang member which he believes was “orchestrated.” PC…
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Tennessee Inmate Reports Food Rations Cut in Half, Impending Lawsuit
DESPITE NO LIBRARY ACCESS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 27, 2017) — In a letter received on Thursday, Tennessee inmate Grenda Harmer reported from protective custody (PC) that prisoners in that section of the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) are provided meals containing half the amount of food received by those in the general population. “PC”…
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Inmate Provides Reasons for Hunger Strike 32 Days On
“LET’S PRAY THIS ENDS WELL FOR ME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2017) — In a bulky envelope received on Monday, Tennessee inmate Grenda Ray Harmer, #88710, enclosed a copy of a June 29 letter written to Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Tony Parker enumerating 11 reasons for his having launched a hunger strike…
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Tennessee Inmate on Hunger Strike Tries to Request Legal Assistance, Sends P&E “What I’ve Not Sent You”
CRITICAL PERIOD APPROACHING; REPORTS “BLACKOUT” FROM DEHYDRATION, LACK OF FOOD by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2017) — On Monday, The Post & Email received three letters from TDOC inmate Grenda Harmer, #88710, who has adhered to a hunger strike commencing on June 5 to protest the treatment he reported he received by correction officers upon…
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Tennessee Inmate on Hunger Strike Heard From on Wednesday
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…
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Report: MCCX Inmates Assaulted by Correction Officer
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF “HANDS-ON TRAINING” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 9, 2017) — In what appears to be corroboration of recent accounts from inmates at the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) in Wartburg, TN, a reliable source has told The Post & Email that an inmate with possible special needs was “assaulted” and his cellmate “shoved…
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Tennessee Inmate Richard A. Mayers Provides Update on his Condition, New Surroundings
“GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 23, 2016) — In a July 30, 2016 article prompted by a letter received from Tennessee state inmate Richard A. Mayers, The Post & Email related Mayers’s report of repeated beatings at the hands of correction officers at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP), where…