No Justice from the Prison State

[Judi Lynn]

September 25, 2014
The Death of Randall Jordan-Aparo

No Justice from the Prison State

by CORY MASSIMINO


Florida’s Department of Corrections recently fired 32 guards after years of alleged corruption in the prison system with at least four related inmate deaths. Union officials call the mass layoff a “Friday night massacre.” Now that’s one massacre I can get behind.

Reporters digging deeper into the prison records found multiple incidents of abuse and so-called “inappropriate uses of force.”

As prison system inspectors visited Franklin Correctional Institution they discovered an incident from three years prior in which an inmate, 27-year-old Randall Jordan-Aparo, begged officer Rollin Suttle Austin, to take him to the hospital because of a blood disorder and the officer ordered him “gassed.” Jordan-Aparo died that night.

The inspectors rightfully found that the fiasco constituted “sadistic, retaliatory” behavior by the guards, but they allege that when they brought their findings to Florida Department of Corrections Inspector General Jeffrey Beasley, he told them he would “have their asses” if they didn’t back off. The involved officers remain on staff, although the U.S Department of Justice is investigating the situation.

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/25/no-justice-from-the-prison-state/

[PeoViejo]

1. I worked with a guy who spent 7 Years on a Florida Chain Gang

building roads through Florida Swamps. That was his penalty for being caught with 2 joints. This was back in 1972. He was a totally broken man. He told me of inmates suffering from snake bites and left to die, still in their chains. It was as brutal as anything conceived during WWII.

[redruddyred]

2. WHAT THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM IS CORRUPT. YOU DON'T SAY.

there can never be enough attention brought to the prison-industrial complex; thanks for posting.