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January 06, 2010

UNION SPRINGS, Ala.- About 550 inmates have been moved out of Bullock Correctional Facility while state prison officials work to restore heat and hot water.

Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett says 100 inmates were transferred to the Montgomery County Jail and 450 to a private prison in Perry County.

The Birmingham News reports Corbett says two boilers broke down over the weekend amid a bitter cold wave. The sister of an inmate says her brother had told the family the facility had been lacking heat and hot water for a week.

Bullock Correctional Facilty is a medium security prison southeast of Montgomery and usually houses more than 1,300 inmates.

Corbett says 1 of the boilers has been repaired, but is not adequate to provide all the heat and hot water necessary.

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COLUMBUS —

A juvenile prison guard was wrestling with a teen inmate before the guard collapsed and later died, the state said Tuesday in a report that blamed the guard for “inappropriate contact” with the youth.

Juvenile inmates interviewed for the report also said horseplay between guards and youth was commonplace. One youth told investigators that 75 percent “of the Correctional Officers he has been exposed to have horse played with him,” according to the report reviewed by The Associated Press.

“During the course of this investigation it was determined that JCO Hesson was involved in inappropriate contact or ’horse play’ with Youth Hubert Morgan,” the report said in reference to juvenile correctional officer William Hesson of North Canton and the juvenile inmate.

The 45-page report, released to the AP, concluded that Hesson and Morgan went to the laundry room at Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility on April 29 to wrestle. Hesson had been involved in horseplay with Morgan and another youth throughout his shift, the report said.

The guard had Morgan in a headlock when Morgan kneed him in the chest, according to the report, which cited youth witnesses and a letter Morgan wrote explaining what happened. Morgan then left the room, apparently not realizing Hesson was hurt, wearing Hesson’s ball cap and carrying the guard’s bottle of soda.

“Hey, I am JCO Morgan,” Morgan joked as he left the room, according to the report.

Hesson, 39, died of a cardiac rhythm disturbance caused by a blow to the abdomen. The Cuyahoga County coroner ruled his death a homicide.

Morgan, 18, initially denied that he kneed Hesson and said the guard fell after the two pushed off each other during a wrestling move. He later acknowledged in a written statement that he kneed Morgan after the wrestling got more physical.

Monday, Morgan pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that allows him to avoid trial and be sentenced to anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison at a hearing Feb. 2. In exchange, the original charges of murder and felonious assault were dropped.

Hesson’s daughter disputed the state’s findings and said wrestling with an inmate was out of character for her father.

“My dad would not wrestle on the job,” Brandi Hesson, 19, told the AP on Tuesday. “He wouldn’t do something like that. He takes his job very, very, very seriously.”

Morgan has had a troubled history in state detention. He was involved in 15 assaults, three cases of disruptive behavior and two cases of consensual sex with another inmate between the time he entered the youth prison system Aug. 27, 2008, until Hesson’s death April 29, according to a separate report on the youth prison system released in September.

Ohio’s juvenile prison system has been plagued with violence for years, including numerous cases of staff assaulting youth, youth assaulting staff and fights among the teen inmates.

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Next month's opening of the new Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington signals two big steps forward for the state's Department of Corrections.

The new $125.6 million prison, which can hold up to 720 inmates, will put its focus where it belongs, on rehabilitation. The extra space will also allow the state to bring back 270 inmates who have been largely warehoused at out-of-state facilities.

The Torrington prison will offer educational classes, vocational training and drug treatment programs. Mike Murphy, the warden of the new facility, noted that 95 percent of Wyoming inmates are eventually released. It's the prison's job to get them ready to become productive citizens on the outside.

"We are not going to be simply a warehouse for prisoners," Murphy explained. "We have to make sure that they're better than when they came in -- or at least that they're no worse."

Education and treatment programs have been missing for many Wyoming inmates who have been kept in out-of-state prisons. Beginning in 1997, overcrowding at Wyoming's existing facilities forced the state to send prisoners to Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia.

The moves made it difficult for inmates to be visited regularly by their families. Prisoners who maintain close contact with their families generally have a better outlook and are more prepared to succeed in post-prison life.

They can also receive consistent counseling and programs. That's been impossible for Lynn Lee, a Wyoming inmate who began serving his sentence in 2001 in Crowley, Colo., because the State Penitentiary in Rawlins was full.

He was transferred to County Correctional in southern Colorado, then to Haskell, Texas, and Thayer, Okla. He came back to Wyoming, then spent a year in Virginia. Now he's at the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp in Newcastle, a minimum-security facility. That's seven different prisons in nine years, including several that were privately run, which Lee described as "massively understaffed."

In deciding to build its new medium-security prison, the Legislature discussed the option of having a private company operate it. Lawmakers made the right decision in not going that route. There have been myriad problems at private prisons throughout the country in recent years, including chronic understaffing, riots and increased gang activity.

"It's very difficult to run a prison for profit and do it right, and most of the time they don't," said Linda Burt, director of the Wyoming chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU monitors the treatment of Wyoming inmates, which can be very difficult when they are kept out of state.

Some legislators were worried about the cost of building a new prison in Torrington, and indeed the price tag of the facility nearly doubled between the time it was approved and actually completed. But since the state was experiencing an economic boom, it was able to pay for the facility without incurring any more debt. Lawmakers can now congratulate themselves for having the wisdom to build the much-needed prison when they had the money to do so.

It's actually less expensive to house inmates out of state than to keep them here, but the benefits of incarcerating them in Wyoming far outweigh the extra cost. Inmates will be able to receive the training and counseling they need, plus stay close to their families. Those are two essential components for rehabilitation.

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Seven Vanderburgh County Jail inmates working a community service detail picking up trash along I-164 Saturday afternoon were transported to the emergency room of Deaconess Hospital with minor injuries after the community corrections vehicle they were in was struck by small pickup.

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office reports the prisoners, who were picking up trash near the Morgan Avenue exit off I-164, where warming up inside the corrections van when the wreck occurred about 1:55 p.m.

Ethan Lindenschmidt of Evansville, driving a 1998 Chevrolet Sonoma pickup, was traveling north in the right hand lane of I-164, according to the sheriff’s report, when he saw the corrections van parked on the shoulder of the highway with its caution lights activated. He slowed down because of the van and was struck from behind by a 1992 Mazda car driven by Leonie O’Donohoe-Anderson of Glenview, Ill.

The impact caused Lindenschmidt’s truck to spin out of control and strike the corrections van and its attached trailer.

Neither Lindenschmidt nor O’Donohoe-Anderson were injured, according to the sheriff’s report.

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It's been a particularly rough week for guards at Rikers Island. In the past few days, corrections officers have been accused of sleeping on the job and possibly sleeping with inmates. Now a Rikers Island guard has been busted trying to smuggle drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes to prisoners in exchange for cash, according to the Post.

Teneya Griffith, 25, was arrested for trying to sneak three "zip" sandwich bags holding 2 ounces of marijuana, three water bottles filled with vodka, tobacco, and a few cigarettes into the prison on Thursday. "When they handcuffed her and escorted her out of the building, several officers began clapping," a jail source told the tabloid. "Officers snitched on her. They had concerns that she was compromised." Prosecutors allege that Griffith had agreed to split the contraband between two inmates for $400 and $500, respectively.

Griffith allegedly told cops: "I know I shouldn't have done it. This is poor judgment." She was fired from her $57,757-a-year job and faces a first degree felony charge of promoting prison contraband that is punishable by up to seven years behind bars, as well as misdemeanor charges of promoting prison contraband, marijuana possession and official misconduct. Her grandmother, Joan Griffith, was "shocked" by the allegations: "I can't see her doing something like that. She's a good person."

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January 05, 2010

BOSTON — The Massachusetts high court has rejected a renewed bid by a county sheriff to charge inmates fees for haircuts, medical visits and high school equivalency tests.

The fee program by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson raised $750,000 from 2002 to 2004, but outraged inmate advocates who said the fees violated their constitutional rights and amounted to an unlawful tax.

A judge struck down the program in 2004.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld that ruling, finding that the state Legislature does not give sheriffs the authority to charge such fees.

Hodgson argued that the fees could help teach inmates to accept responsibility and ease the burden on taxpayers, who pay for inmate services.

Among the payments he charged was a $5 per day "cost of care" fee for each inmate.

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MADISON, Wis.  -- The first group of Wisconsin inmates are about to get out of prison under a plan to relieve prison overcrowding.


The state budget sets up new early release plans in hopes of alleviating overcrowding and saving money. Generally, inmates who behave themselves behind bars and show they likely won't re-offend can move onto parole sooner.


Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko says his agency is reviewing whether 800 to 900 inmates deserve a shot at early parole. The agency plans to release 16 inmates this week.


He says the first ones will get out Tuesday, but he wasn't sure how many and didn't immediately know what offenses they had committed.

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 By Kathleen Wilson

Santa Paula police are boosting training to prepare for at least 100 inmates expected to settle in the city in the next two years after being released early from the state prison system.

Authorities estimate 1,100 prisoners could be moving to Ventura County when the state releases tens of thousands of prisoners to comply with a federal court order. In a ruling last year, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals required the state to reduce overcrowding blamed for poor medical and mental healthcare in its prisons.

In a report requested by the City Council, Santa Paula Police Chief Steve MacKinnon said more officers are becoming certified as gang experts. Police also will be doing more intensive parole and probation searches, he said.

A group of clergy members and police also has been established to counsel newly released inmates, MacKinnon said.

The chief said 100 prisoners is the “absolute bare minimum” he expects to relocate to Santa Paula. He did not know what the maximum might be, pending the court’s approval of the state’s plan for complying with the order.

He said he expects Santa Paula and other low-income cities will draw more of the paroled prisoners because of comparatively low housing costs.

A total of 878 property and violent crimes were reported in 2008 in Santa Paula, and MacKinnon estimated the release of prisoners could increase that figure by 490 crimes. The numbers reflect what are called Part I crimes, which range from homicide to theft.

Santa Paula had a relatively low rate of 29.7 reported crimes per 1,000 people. If MacKinnon’s prediction holds true, it would increase to a rate approaching 50 per 1,000.

MacKinnon said the crime rate could double. Nationally, he said, 70 percent of prisoners reoffend within three years. On average, they commit seven crimes before they’re caught, he said.

It is not clear, however, whether the prisoners who would be released would pose the same risks as that average. The intent is to release nonviolent criminals least likely to reoffend.

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OLATHE, Kan.— The Johnson County Jail in Olathe was closed Monday after all inmates and staff were transferred to the county's new jail in New Century.

The consolidation of the county's jails is expected to save the county $4.5 million, county officials said.

The county plans to spend about $25 million to remodel the Olathe facility. It will eventually be the facility for booking, processing and holding all those who are arrested for up to 72 hours before they are either released or taken to New Century.

The county has added 554 beds at New Century, which can now house 818 inmates. An average of 771 inmates were housed as of last week at the jail in New Century, located southwest of Olathe and northeast of Gardner.

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January 04, 2010

Williams (left), Fields

 Deputies arrested Tawanda Katherine Williams of Mildred Avenue in Columbia and Phillip Anthony Fields of Lexington and charged them each with furnishing contraband to a prisoner and furnishing drugs to a prisoner. Williams was additionally charged with distributing marijuana while Fields was additionally charged with one more count of furnishing contraband to a prisoner, another count of furnishing drugs to a prisoner, two counts of misconduct in office by a public official and one count of possessing marijuana.

Authorities with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department arrested Williams at about 1:42 a.m. Wednesday. They arrested Fields after he brought the contraband inside the jail with him, deputies say. He was fired after his arrest.

Investigators say that Williams brought cigarettes and marijuana with her to the parking lot of the jail, and left the contraband inside Fields' car. While on duty as a corrections officer, Fields retrieved the contraband and brought it inside the jail with him, deputies say. Authorities say he intended to give the contraband to an inmate, but did not identify which inmate.

Williams is being detained at the Lexington County jail on a total bail of $37,000. Fields was released from the jail Wednesday afternoon after posting bail of $37,000. He was hired as a corrections officer on July 27, 2009.

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