This in-depth report by @Allie_Kite explores understaffing, violence and drugs at @CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth — described by a federal judge as a notorious "hell hole" — with sourcing of former guards, public defenders and inmate's widow #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
Judge Julie Robinson said she could only describe it as "an absolute hell hole."
"The court is aware of it,” she said. “The defense bar is aware of it. The prosecutors are aware of it. The United States Marshals are aware of it"
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"The court is aware of it,” she said. “The defense bar is aware of it. The prosecutors are aware of it. The United States Marshals are aware of it"
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“I have clients that have been in the hardest federal prisons and know how to do hard time, and they’re terrified,” said Melody Brannon, federal public defender for the District of Kansas.
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“Everybody is left to fend for themselves and to defend themselves,” Brannon said. “Weapons are everywhere. Drugs are everywhere. People have to take care of themselves in whatever way they can.”
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Former guard William Rogers tried to raise concerns about how unsafe it is to leave stations unstaffed: “Nine days after I sent the warden a letter about my concerns, I was assaulted in a pod with no bubble and got 14 staples in my head" #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
Wendi Anaya-Wilson, whose husband was killed: "He was only looking at 8 to 14 months, but instead he got the death penalty. Something needs to be done ... before someone else loses their life because the facility is understaffed and poorly managed" #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
U.S. Marshal Ron Miller: “It's not as safe as it should be. And I've made those points to CoreCivic, and they are attempting to address them. But in the recent past, they have not been as successful as they should have been.” #ksleg
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Former case manager Cassie Fenton-Sayles quit last year because she felt her safety concerns weren't taken seriously. She successfully made the case for unemployment benefits because the facility is so dangerous #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
Fenton-Sayles: “It’s hard going to a job every day where you don’t know if you’re going to go home. ... Staff assaults were on the rise. Inmate assaults were on the rise. And I just — one day I just had enough and decided to go home.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
CoreCivic's contract ends Dec. 31, and Biden order blocks it from renewal. But the company tried an end around that has worked elsewhere: Get a contract from the county, and let the county contract with Marshals Service. The county declined #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
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