Sad news of a person convicted of a sexual offense being killed by a cellmate this week. People incarcerated on sexual offenses are often the targets of vigilantes. Some hate groups assign “points” to members that attack a registrant.
The inmate killed inside his Duval County Jail cell Tuesday was drowned in his jail cell toilet in addition to being beaten by his cellmate, First Coast News learned Wednesday….. SOURCE
“There is such a thing as jail justice and sometimes, when other inmates find out what you’re in for and for hurting or harming a child, they take matters into their own hands. They take that personally.”… SOURCE
FAC will be initiating a campaign to educate inmates on Facts vs. Myths of people required to register by placing a quarter-page ad in Prison Legal News, a widely read inmate publication. We will run the ad for three consecutive editions. We are hopeful that the ad will dispel some of the myths about people on the registry, reduce the stigma and help protect our loved ones who are incarcerated. The ad will be funded by our general fund, so any contributions to the cost of the ad will be appreciated.
I saw a registrant violently attacked by his cellmate while I was in prison The perpetrator did it after lights out when he had his victim trapped behind a locked door fortunately our cells had what was known as panic buttons and he was able to reach it and the co’s surprisingly responded rather quickly. The victim was the most timid guy you ever want to meet and I believe genuinely remorseful his mistake was he was to open about his charge and he hung out with other registrants I didn’t the outcome was the perp spent a few weeks in the hole and was back in the pod although he should of at the least caught a assault charge the victim got transferred. That’s why I only delt with a few people so the dreded what are you in here for question never came plus I only had about 9 months left by the time I hit the camp so since I was a short timer they figured it was something minor also at the time 70% of the inmate population were convicted of sex charges but the numbers were changing rapidly. I believe segregation may help classifying all registants as medium to high custody only puts us in with hardened criminals when it may not be neccesary depending on the crime and because the mentality won’t change because hard core inmates lack reasoning skills
And just in case FAC or anyone wants to write a letter to JSO, the sheriff’s name is Mike Williams
The solution to this is simple, but the idiot inbred that run FLDOC wont do it, and it’s on purpose. All they have to do is put people with sex charges all in the same camps/prisons, etc.. I was in St John’s Co jail thankfully and all of us with sex charges were in the same “pod”. I felt totally at ease. And we were able to compare cases and give each other advice.
But in prison, it’s a whole other story. I had a female sgt actually stoke the fire. She made a public announcement in the dorm that she wanted other inmates to tell her who the “chomo’s” were because she wanted them out of “her” dorm. These are the kinds of things that need to be brought to be light and FLDOC needs to be taken to the woodshed on this. We need to advocate for separate prisons just for SO’s and segregation in our county jails so this doesn’t happen again. I wish this guys family would sue the hell out of JSO.
And for those of you who dont know, chomo is prison slang for child molester. Its brutal in there for those of us with sex charges. Trust me.
Mj I heard that they do that here in Az There is a guy who lives next door to me told me he was at Eyman complex and that they (AZDOC) have two prisons just for Resident citizens
Once again, another example of a state doing the logical thing, unlike Floriduhhh.
But Floriduhhh’s unwillingness to segregate SO’s is intentional. The DOC here just loves to promote a dangerous and deadly environment in their prisons. I saw it firsthand. Step 1, single out the SO’s. Step 2, take away any meaningful programs to keep inmates occupied. That’s pretty much what they’ve done.
JSO, FDLE don’t care. each month the doing “sex stings” adult site but lately don’t say how where etc because last time they said got people with now past records. The paper shows they “targeted”. its all about Ego Image for the law enforcement to gain NUMBERS and %% and Protect their funding for fancy toys etc that They don’t know how to use.
Hamilton C I is about 65/70% sex crimes Florida prison fulled but Duval and Orlando area(county). Many no victims, no minors just arriving or texting that they changed 1/2 way, etc. Florida is getting out of control and know stoping because it benefits all department etc. Give them a badge, and poof they untouchable and laws dont apply.
I saw one story of a guy who was chatting with someone he thought was a 14 year old girl. They were to meet in person ( it was a sting ). At the last minute the guy got scared and stayed home. Not sure what all he SAID on the chats but he not only didn’t touch anyone, it was not a real underage person AND he never left the house. Guess what, they showed up at his house and arrested him anyway for soliciting a minor. Probably get the same sentence as someone who actually did something physical with an underage person. If you are thinking of running a red light and see a cop then slam on the breaks and change your mind, do they still get charged with running a red light? NO . To me stings are bogus. We have people waiting 3 to 4 hours for an officer / Deputy to show up to write a report when their house is broken into and yet we can take 100’s of officers and assign to them fake stings. Even when I worked in law enforcement I thought that was a waste of time. I use to talk to some of the women officers who dressed as street walkers to catch and arrest johns. I always asked them, while you are doing that, I am calling for back up and have to wait 10 minutes for help? Waste of money and resources. Guess that is why I was not very popular on the force. I treated everyone with respect that I arrested no matter if they were black, white, old , young, gay, straight, Christian, Muslim, Democrat or Republican. To me they were people and someone’s son or daughter, husband, father etc
Why do these small minded apes always assume that a registrant “harmed” a child?
Not all offenses involve a person under 18 (conveniently called “child”, unless they murder someone and are suddenly a called “juvenile”). More importantly, offenses with contact involved are not Always because someone under 18 was truly “harmed”. Most importantly, not all offenses involve physical contact.
If we had less Apes and more intelligent people around then the world would be a better place for all. Could you imagine such a world?
When is a child not a child? The Answer…. When hes the one who committed the crime. That’s when. If or she is the victim they are a helpless child. If they committed the crime. They are predator and should be charged as an adult. That’s convenient for the prosecution.
Best wording on this I’ve seen yet.
Total ignorance
No mention of a wrongful death lawsuit against Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office? Mr. Ramirez did not deserve this. Pre-Trial Detention Facility inmates are under 24 hour visual surveillance by corrections officers. Sounds to me like they turned a blind eye and allowed this to happen. There needs to be an outside investigation since JSO always finds their people innocent. How about a hate crime charge against Dixon? Or is that only applied when a white person kills someone of another race?
What a sad day.
Thanks for publishing the ad. Unfortunately most of the inmates in Fl Doc will not be allowed to read the ad due to FLDOC censorship of Prison Legal New. It is possible that Fl is no longer restricting PLN, however a few years ago every issue of my 2 year subscription was impounded by the mailroom.
Prison Legal News and the men (and women) behind the publication are an invaluable resource. Their ban was a horrible injustice.
Interestingly FJI (which assisted in our Internet Identifier Challenge) also represented PLN in their challenge, so we know how significant it was.
Did PLN win their challenge against DOC?
Unfortunately, NO
The PLN ad campaign sounds like a great idea. But if Florida state inmates won’t be able to see it, I’m unsure who the intended audience is. That’s what I was getting at with my question about the challenge. If it mainly will be seen by inmates outside of FL, then this would be a good one for NARSOL (if they are not involved already).
it still gets into many FL prisons.
Disgusting pathetic events/news stories like this are EXACTLY why so many of us who are actually INNOCENT felt we had NO CHOICE but to take a “so-called” plea-bargain to save our lives!
To those reading this who are confused about how someone could be innocent in America and still wind up listed on this useless public shaming/hit list THIS IS THE REASON!
I wish I had taken a plea deal. My Lawyer was afraid of the judge and just told me to throw myself on the mercy of the court and hope for the best. And this was a PAID expensive lawyer. The sentence I got I might as well have shot the Pope , the Queen of England and a pack of puppies. If I had a time machine and knew what I know now I would have never darkened a door of prison. Of course if I had that time machine I would undo what I did to get me in trouble in the first place. The accuser didn’t even show up to court. That should have been the win for my lawyer to pounce , instead he left the court room in tears. I did so much good in my community before my arrest and wish I could now but I keep a low profile now.