Category Archives: #torture

The Crusader (#HaroldHempstead) and The Jerk (me) … one of us wrote a book

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Susan Chandler

It wasn’t me. Harold Hempstead wrote and published Department of Corruption … Darren Rainey: The UntoldStory. From behind prison bars, Harold recounted not only his witnessing of Darren Rainey’s scalding death at Dade Correctional Institution, but the systemic torture … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #CruelAndUnusual, #DeadInmates, #Disappear, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #ScaldedToDeath, #StarvedToDeath, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged #CagedCrusader, #MiamiHarold, ACLU of Florida, Casey Frank, Craig Patrick, Darren Rainey, Darren Rainey: The Untold Story, Department of Corruption, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Eyal Press, FBI, FDC, Florida Department of Corrections, Ghost, Harold Hempstead, Interstate Compact, James Comey, Jeremy Schanche, Jerry Iannelli, Julie Brown, Julie Jones, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Mark Inch, Melinda Miguel, Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Michele Gillen, New Yorker, Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis, SPAN, Steven Wetstein, Stop Prison Abuse Now, Vanita Gupta | Leave a comment

#CriminalizingMentalIllness: We simply must stop doing things that clearly don’t work.

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Susan Chandler

Florida Inmate Vincent Gaines Starved to Death in Prison, Lawsuit Says | Miami New Times When Vincent Gaines was sentenced to five years in prison on robbery charges in June 2013, state officials recommended he be placed in a mental-health … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #CriminalizingMentalIllness, #CruelAndUnusual, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #IncarcerationNation #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #LoveFL, #MaliciousProsecution, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #torture | Tagged #ColorOfLaw, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #StarvedToDeath, #VincentGaines, Department of Justice, FBI, Julie Jones, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, RickScott, torture, Vincent Gaines | 8 Comments

Feds finally show up at #LoveFL’s Lowell Correctional Institution. It’s already too late … will it also be too little? #DeadInmates

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Susan Chandler

Feds to probe abuse allegations at Florida women’s prison | Miami Herald The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into sexual misconduct by correctional officers as well as other abuses against women at Lowell Correctional … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #LoveFL, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged #ColorOfLaw, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #IncarcerationNation, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, abuse, FBI, Florida Department of Corrections, Joe Biden, Julie Brown, Julie Jones, Latandra Ellington, Lowell Correctional Institution, Miami Herald, neglect, torture | 1 Comment

Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Susan Chandler

“As Fyodor Dostoyevsky once said, to understand society one need only look inside its prisons.”

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #ColorOfLaw, #CruelAndUnusual, #ExcessiveForce, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Tagged #ColorOfLaw, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #LoveFL, Florida Department of Corrections, Ghost, Julie Jones, Kevin Johnson, Rashid, Rick Scott | Leave a comment

.@TheJusticeDept, attn: #TomWheeler – #LoveFL needs you to keep your word, quickly

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Susan Chandler

With Florida inmates dying of starvation, medical neglect and violence in increasing numbers, outpacing other states, we must push Tom Wheeler to be as good as his word, without any delay … a new bill intends to impose harsh new … Continue reading →

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #CowboyRide, #CruelAndUnusual, #DeadInmates, #ExcessiveForce, #ExtrajudicialKillings, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #GassedToDeath, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #RoughRide, #ScaldedToDeath, #SelfFetteredPress, #StarvedToDeath, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged #AbusedInmates, #DeadInmates, #NeglectedInmates, Andre Sheffield, Antonio Gallashaw, Daniel Geiger, Darren Rainey, Demetrius Jordan, Denis Robinson, Dozier School for Boys, Eric Perez, Gary Bennett, Hanuman Joyce, Ian Manuel, Jacob Barrett, James Saunders, Jeffrey Srang, Kelly Brady, Latandra Ellington, Lavar Valentin, Martin lee Anderson, Matthew Walker, Omar Paisley, Quintin Foust, Quonta Howard, Randall Jordan-Aparo, Richard Mair, Robert Dunlow, Steven Zerbe, White House Boys, William LeBlanc, Willie Durden | Leave a comment

For Vets, for crime victims, PTSD testimony must remain admissible

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Susan Chandler

One sentence from The Committee to Stop FBI Repression’s press release concerning Rasmea Odeh today screams out for attention, for the sake of crime victims like Rasmea, and for the sake of disabled Vets: “Now that this Court has properly … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #CriminalizationOfMentalIllness, #MaliciousProsecution, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, FBI, Gershwin Drain, IED, James Comey, malicious prosecution, PTSD, Rasmea Defense Committee, Rasmea Odeh, TBI, torture | Leave a comment

#CagedCrusader’s sister speaks for mentally ill #LoveFL inmate, Nikko Albanese

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Susan Chandler

Originally posted on Helpmybrotherharoldhempstead's Blog:
Nikko Albanese Inmate # B11083 is another 1 of Florida’s unfortunate, mentally ill inmates who finds himself locked in a 6×9 cell, in solitary confinement,where he has remained for about 5 years.Sadly no1 in…

Posted in #BeatenToDeath, #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #CriminalizingMentalIllness, #CruelAndUnusual, #DarkMoney, #DeadInmates, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #LoveFL, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged #ColorOfLaw, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #LoveFL, criminalizing mental illness, FBI, Florida Department of Corrections, Gemma Penna, Heather Chapman, Julie Jones, Kristopher Rodriguez, Nikko Albanese, Rick Scott | Leave a comment