Raiford prison is very close to RMC Main - where Ted is.The following article appeared in the Jacksonville news on July 6, 2009:
Florida prison sergeant gets 3 years for pouring scalding water on inmate
A former Florida Department of Corrections sergeant was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for assaulting an inmate at Raiford by pouring a bottle of scalding water on his chest.
A federal jury in Jacksonville convicted Paul Gregory Tillis of Lake Butler in January of depriving inmate Jerry Williams of his civil rights by causing second-degree burns while the prisoner laid on the floor of his cell. Tillis, 44, also failed to seek medical attention for Williams after the assault, the U.S. Justice Department said.
At the time, Tillis was working as a supervisory corrections officer at Florida State Prison in a wing for inmates who posed discipline problems. He said he poured the water through the food flap of Williams’ cell to determine whether Williams was faking an injury.
When Ted gets out, HE needs to be involved in getting the "correctional" system FIXED.
ReplyDeleteThe abuses and conditions are just UNACCEPTABLE.
Too many people don't care, Ted is putting a HUMAN face on this and I think that his growing wisdom is showing in his words.
This is a TOUGH story to read, has to be awful to live it.
I think you now have a Destiny, my friend.
The stuff you write of, what you are permitted to write, tells me that this has been ignored and left to its own 'keepers', for too long.
Hang on to your PRIDE, friend. You DO have a future and I have a feeling you may actually get some kharmic return on your time served.
These Officers, guess they never thought that someone might actually write about the crap they pull. Keep doing what you are doing and YOU will get the last laugh.
You have a LOT of people out here, pulling for YOU. Hang on tight.
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