captain randy demery says he has seen a lot of change over the course of his 25 years at the kent county jail in grand rapids. i m very proud that i came to this jail at a time where the corrections industry in general but even this jail in particular was moving away from a culture of violence and a culture that demeaned the inmate population, and moving towards a culture that treats everybody with dignity and respect and humanely, and understanding that the inmates have their own set of problems that they present us with, but they re all humans and they all need to be cared for as human beings. jail officials say one way they do that is to be responsive to inmate reports of threats or harassment. zach thiele is one of the inmates who wrote one of the kites alleging issues with inmate sutherland. he s still in the same housing unit as he was. just wanted to let him know that we re there if he has any questions or any other issues.
jail officials have conducted an investigation. they have decided not to pursue criminal charges but will conduct internal disciplinary hearings starting with battaglia s cellmate, who has requested anonymity. there was a birthday card sent into the facility through the mail. the birthday card was tampered with. there was actually four bags of heroin in between the two birthday cards. the birthday card had the e number of your roommate. so can you make a statement on what your involvement is with this or i have no involvement at all with that. at all. only involvement i can see me having is being his celly. are you aware of him doing this? i was not aware of anything like that. so you had no involvement with this at all? at all. ou can step back out. i ll come see you in a few moments and let you know our decision. okay? yes. now the panel will hear from nick battaglia. there was a birthday card mailed in that had four bags of white powdery substance, possibly hero
on any given day more than 2,000 men and women are incarcerated at the louisville metro department of corrections jail. most are working on their cases, hoping to clear their names and go free. today, however, two inmates, brian edmonds jr. and his father, brian sr. will attempt to clear long-lingering emotional wounds. edmonds jr., who could be sentenced to death if he s found guilty, asked jail officials to allow him a final visit with his father, who will soon transfer to state prison to start a 30-year sentence. the request was approved. it really might be the last time i get to see him for a while. what s up, baby? what s happening? you re ugly. what s going on? nothing. what s going on with you? well, let me tell you
transfer out of the housing unit. basically, the unit officer called me in b and said he had an inmate that was in fear of his safety. so i went to the unit to interview the inmate. at that time, we sent him down to medical to be evaluated by medical staff where he alleges that he fell off of his bunk. without the cooperation of the victim or witnesses, jail officials were unable to issue any punitive sanctions to allen. i m not going to say, yeah, i did do it. but if they find out any different, i ll tell you the consequences. i still feel happy in my heart about myself, you know. allen is proud to take credit for assaulting another inmate, jail officials have been sorting out who s responsible for the water burn suffered by victor sanchez. in his wyatt with lomez and hernandez. sanchez blames loemz and hernandez. lomez and hernandez say the burns were from an earlier fight sanchez had with two other
while the response to this incident might look extreme, jail officials say it was by the book. because of the dangerous situation that s involved here, the ert was sent in. he s throwing weapons at them. he s throwing the mop buckets at the deputies. the deputies descend the stairs, fire their munitions at him to get him to comply. it s a sort of baton type of round made out of rubber. it s intended to strike him, cause pain, and hopefully he ll lie down and comply. the initial shot struck him. he continued through it. they came down the stairs. he had that other weapon that was strapped to his waist. and as you can see in the film, he kind of turns on his side and pulls that out. once he does that, they again fire him with the .40 caliber, strike the inmate on the side. the inmate then decides it s best to call it quits and lays flat on his stomach with his arms extended. we were able to enter and take him into custody. punishment for incidents like this usually involves the los