Man drowned in Duval County jail cell toilet after beating – help stop prison attacks against registrants.
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.
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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