[Ppnews] Tom Manning bulletin

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Mon May 22 08:49:05 EDT 2006


Letter from Tom Manning,  dated May 15, 2006:

[to Penny Schoner]
             Since your visit, we were locked down for a week because 
five staff got sent to the hospital in a chow hall incident.  Then a 
few days after getting off lock down, two things happened at once: a 
staff got assaulted in another block, and there were some clashes 
between members of two groups of Blacks.  So we went on lock down for 
another week.  We got out for a couple of days, and there was a 
re-clash of members
of those two groups.  Locked down again.  Each lock down involves 
scarcely enough cold food to keep one alive. And shake downs always 
result in loss of belongings and comfort; such as we manage here.  So 
we got out again for a few days.  Last Saturday there was a clash 
between a Black and a white.  Locked down all day Sunday, the 
14th.  They opened the doors this morning.  I barely finished my 
shower.  Less than 20 minutes, and somebody in the next block went 
after a staff.  Hence, the enclosed notice:

             "Inmate Information
             Institutional Lockdown
             This morning, while attempting to resume normal 
operations, an inmate attempted to seriously assault a staff member 
with a weapon.  An assessment will be made on a daily basis as to the 
continuance of the lock down status.
             Signed: Al Haynes, Warden, May 15, 2006"

             The last time I saw a memo like this, was at the start 
of that 30+ day lockdown over Christmas back in Leavenworth.

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