6 Texas jailers fired after inmate left alone for weeks
Source: AP
HOUSTON (AP) Six Texas jailers were fired and 29 others suspended after a mentally ill inmate was left unattended and alone in his cell for weeks with insect-infested food containers, a feces-clogged toilet and ropes from his shredded jail uniform hanging from the ceiling.
Among those fired by Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Friday were two jail sergeants indicted earlier this month on record-tampering charges for signing off on paperwork stating that Deterrius Rashad Goodwin was in good condition in his second-floor cell in the Harris County Jail.
The jail sergeants, Sgt. Ricky D. Pickens-Wilson and Sgt. John Figaroa, are both free on $5,000 bond. If convicted, each faces from two to 10 years in prison.
Garcia also fired four jail supervisors, and he said the 29 unpaid suspensions range from one to 10 days.
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AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)are carried out by Texas expatriates. Who knew.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)of the United States. Yes there are bad apples in Texas but we don't have a monopoly on them.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)Sides behind louder and angrier voices,
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Disturbing.
democrank
(11,112 posts)erronis
(15,382 posts)
The jail sergeants, Sgt. Ricky D. Pickens-Wilson and Sgt. John Figaroa, are both free on $5,000 bond. If convicted, each faces from two to 10 years in prison.
Just make them spend 5 years in the same conditions.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Cleaning jail cells might be a fitting job for them.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Judges, District Attorneys, the local Sherriff, Corrections Officers...
The WHOLE lot of them!
Yes, even the "good cops"
Makes us look like savages when viewed by the rest of the world, yet we cast our own judgment towards others.
Pathetic!
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)Fuckers.
pansypoo53219
(21,004 posts)Jack-o-Lantern
(974 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)centers and/or group homes. That is what we started with when it came to bringing our children home from the institutions.
I am suggesting the humane treatment of the mentally ill but unfortunately I do not expect to see it happen. People are afraid of anything they do not understand.
onethatcares
(16,192 posts)was that you were talking about the prison guards.
and
in some cases you might have been.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)done by people who are probably themselves mentally ill. But it may also just be that they are mean people.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Miigwech
(3,741 posts)right here ... where is the humanity training?