Category Archives: Julie Jones

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 #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, criminalizing mental illness, Darren Rainey, Department of Justice, FBI, Florida Department of Corrections, Geo Group, Guardian, Jason Rodriguez, Julie Jones, Kristopher Rodriguez, Miami Herald, Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis | 16 Comments

Was there another suspicious death at Dade CI?

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Susan Chandler

If my sources are correct, there was another suspicious death at Dade Correctional Institution on March 11th. The name of the inmate given to me matches up to a online Florida Department of Corrections deceased inmate’s information page, a page … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #DeadInmates, #ExcessiveForce, #ScaldedToDeath, #StarvedToDeath, Julie Jones, Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, color-of-law, Dade Correctional Institution, Darren Rainey, Department of Justice, FBI, Florida Department of Corrections, Julie Jones, Lavar Valentin, Richard Mair, Rick Scott, suspicious inmate deaths | 1 Comment

.@DOCJulieJones: Are Suwannee prison violence victims Ghosts?

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Suwannee corrections officers charged in cover-up of inmates’ attack LIVE OAK, Fla. — The Florida Department of Corrections arrested and fired two correctional officers accused of attacking two restrained inmates during a counseling session and then lying on official reports … Continue reading →

Posted in cowboy ride, Darren Rainey, Department of Justice, Ghost, Jacob Barrett, James Saunders, Jo Ann Lopez, Julie Jones, Kiree Twiggs, Matthew Walker, nickel ride, Oregon, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Rick Scott, Robert Dunlow, rough ride, Suwannee Correctional Institution | Comments Off

Female inmate dies at St. Louis Justice Center

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Here’s hoping that St Louis won’t play the same games with Alexis McGovern’s death as Miami-Dade has played with Darren Rainey’s … the ME still hasn’t released a report on his death, although it’s been over three years. There were … Continue reading →

Posted in #DeadInmates, Alexis McGovern, Darren Rainey, Department of Justice, FBI, Julie Jones, Rick Scott, St Louis, St Louis Justice Center | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #DeadInmates, #GassedToDeath, #NickelRide, #RoughRide, #ScaldedToDeath, Bernie Sanders, Color of Law, Darren Rainey, death penalty, Department of Justice, FDLE, FDoC, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Gerald Bailey, Ghosts, Grand Jury, Harold Hempstead, Jacob Barrett, Julie Brown, Julie Jones, Loretta Lynch, Marco Rubio, Matthew Walker, Miami Herald, Michael Crews, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Rick Scott, Rick Swearingen, Timely Justice Act, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

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

An anonymous inmate’s response to @FLGovScott Executive Order 15-102

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Note: The anonymous inmate/author’s comments appear in regular type, my personal comments appear in italics, and portions of Executive Order 15-102 appear in red above the author’s response to them. I have added live links that are appropriate to the … Continue reading →

Posted in #DeadInmates, #GassedToDeath, #ScaldedToDeath, abuse, Darren Rainey, Dead Inmates, Julie Brown, Julie Jones, Lavar Valentin, Miami Herald, neglect, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Rick Scott, torture | 4 Comments