Category Archives: Harold Hempstead

Gemma’s journey: to hell and back … repeatedly [Updated, twice]

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Susan Chandler

Mentally ill in solitary: ‘We’re not addressing the problem, we’re making it worse’ After her son tore off his penis with his bare hands in his cell, Gemma Pena thought Florida’s prison authorities might see his illness. They’d see he … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #CriminalizationOfMentalIllness, #DeadInmates, #IncarcerationNation, #LoveFL, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Harold Hempstead, Julie Jones | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

.@TheJusticeDept: Do something about #LoveFL CIG Miguel’s f*ck-off form letters

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Susan Chandler

The Miami Herald’s coverage of deadly officer-on-inmate violence within Florida prisons began with their verifying inmate Harold Hempstead’s claim that mentally ill inmate Darren Rainey had been scalded to death in June of 2012 by Dade Correctional Institution officers in … Continue reading →

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #CruelAndUnusualPunishment, #DeadInmates, #GassedToDeath, #LoveFL, Caged Crusader, Color of Law, Darren Rainey, Florida Department of Corrections, Harold Hempstead, Richard Mair, Rick Scott, William Dillon, Wilton Dedge | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Governors: Get your Ghosts out of @FL_Corrections before they really are ghosts | #goodtrouble

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Grand Jury report rips Florida prison over deadly beatdown The autopsy said that the cartilage surrounding his windpipe was broken, all three sides of his larynx were injured and he suffered blunt-force trauma to his head, neck and torso. The … Continue reading →

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What @TheJusticeDept received from FL inmate Harold Hempstead re #DeadInmates

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Harold Hempstead was the most determined of the inmates who demanded justice for Darren Rainey, who was scalded to death by Dade Correctional Institution guards in 2012 … Harold persisted until the mainstream media – primarily the Miami Herald – … Continue reading →

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #DeadInmates, #GassedToDeath, #ScaldedToDeath, ACLU, Amnesty International, Broward Sun Sentinel, Damion Foster, Darrell Richardson, Darren Rainey, Department of Justice, Disability Rights Florida, Dog Justice for the Mentally Ill, FDLE, FDoC, Florida Council of Churches, Florida Deparment of Law Enforcement, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Justice Institute, Florida Legal Services, Florida Sentinel Bulletin, Florida Times Union, Frank Smith, Frank Valdes, Gainesville Sun, George Mallinckrodt, Greg Evers, Harold Hempstead, Harold Hempstead v Roland Clark, Human Rights Defense Center, Jerry Washington, Julie Jones, Latandra Ellington, Loretta Lynch, Matthew Walker, Melina Miguel, Miami Herald, NAACP, New Yorker Magazine, News Service of Florida, Orlando Sentinel, Oscar Davis, Palm Beach Post, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Richard Iannuzzi, Rick Scott, Rolling Stone, Rudolf Rowe, Tampa Bay Times, Time, USA Today, Windy Hempstead | 4 Comments

@FLGovScott, @SteveCrisafulli: Standing in olympic-size pool of blood, claiming to be standing on principle

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Susan Chandler

INMATE DEATH BRINGS CRIMINAL INQUIRY Tampa Bay Times – Tampa Bay Author: Bousquet, Steve Date: Oct 5, 2012 Start Page: B.8 Section: LOCAL “We do have an active criminal investigation into an inmate death that happened in early September of this … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #GassedToDeath, #ScaldedToDeath, #torture, Brevard County, Charlene Dill, Darren Rainey, Florida Department of Corrections, Frank Smith, Greg Evers, Harold Hempstead, Myong Sun Ji, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Rick Scott, Steve Bosquet, Steve Crisafulli | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments