Four years later, three officers terminated for the gruesome death of Inmate Randall Jordan-Apraro at Franklin CI from 2010. A DOC employee reported this incident and was retaliated against and denied whistle-blower status. The then warden, assistant warden (a former inspector), regional director, assistant secretary of institutions, deputy secretary, deputy director of health services, head inspector general and in 2011 the governors inspector general were all made aware of the brutal murder of this inmate. Instead of opening up an investigation into the death with the information received, the agency opened up an investigation on the employee that was unsubstantiated who would later be flagrantly terminated. In 2012 four inspectors would follow the same path by attempting to report on this inmates murder and were retaliated against and denied whistle-blower status by the governors inspector general. Perhaps not 99% but most corrections officers work a career that most in society would not and risk their lives doing so. As the governor and legislature have been prepping for privatization instead of focusing on running a professional agency, they have abandoned citizens, inmates that they are sworn to protect and the great corrections officers that serve with integrity by ignoring the criminal acts committed by the minority of officers, way too many promotions based on loyalty rather than professionalism, ignoring statutory requirements for parity of pay in order to have quality co-workers, historically low and dangerous staffing levels, and decimating the probation system; the very system that is key to smart justice. It is hard to believe that no one has been terminated for the death of Inmate Jordan-Aparo above the level of career service officers. There is a total lack of accountability coming out of Tallahassee for the corrections system that exists today.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:06:27 +0000
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