Another lady at CCCF had a seizure last night and they made her move without letting her rest first. They also told her she had to go to the kitchen and check in. We hope the coordinator who had been verbally and physically abusive to ladies is not there. Also, it has been pretty hot in there and, along with the extra stress, it could be a trigger for her to have another stroke. The abusive coordinator also sits at his desk and looks up different guns and ammo a lot of the time he is there. Even the other coordinators are afraid of him. Two of the other coordinators are afraid to say anything because they are on 6 month probation because they got caught drinking in the parking lot.
Another lady here likes to live in segregation and the officers keep trying to move her to general population. She gets scared when they try to move her, so she lashes out at them so they won’t move her
Another lady here got 39 months for shooting a man in self defense. Another lady got 25 to life when she didn’t even do the shooting she was accused of. There seems to be no consistency with sentencing and sometimes it seem like outright favoritism. Another lady got 9 years for purposely shooting someone. Why does one lady get 25 to life and others get under 10 years. DAs are given extra funding from the State if they produce more convictions. We think this skews the justice system and results in wrongful convictions.
There are ladies at CCCF getting sued for the custody of their kids or for their possessions. They were given 2 days to prepare. We feel they have not been given a fighting chance. It takes longer than 2 days to get the correct paperwork at from the Law Library here.
A lady at Washington County Jail got charged twice for the same crime. We say that is double jeopardy. During another lady’s trial at Washington County Court, they only let one person come to her trial to show support for her. But they let the over a dozen of the “victim’s” family and friends come to the trial. That one person said an office stood at the side of the court room during trial and stared at one member of the jury and then threatened him as he was leaving because the officer said he was not allowed to look at the person on trial.
Another lady at CCCF had her second seizure last night because CCCF took her off her regular seizure medication. They were trying to save money by giving her a generic medication. This facility is not hurting for money, so there is no reason for this.
Washington County have not been honoring prisoner’s right to a speedy trial. They kept one lady in jail for 2 years without bail after she had been arrested for a crime she did not commit. They said this was because of COVID. We think they should not be allowed to do that.