As FDOC cleans house, a question comes to mind: Could this culture exist without the knowledge of department heads? Amazing what occurs when the medias investigative reports begin to surface. The inmate/orderly, a convicted burglar named Harold Hempstead serving a decades-long sentence, filed repeated formal complaints, beginning in January 2013, with the DOC inspector general, alleging that prison guards subjected inmates — housed in the mental health unit — to extreme physical abuse and withheld food from some who became unruly. The complaints were sent back, most with a short, type-written note saying the appeal was being returned “without action” or had already been addressed.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:22:12 +0000
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