On Thursday, December 1, 2016, ROY ONEAL MOODY died of unknown causes while incarcerated in the Winston County Jail at 25166 Alabama Highway 195, Double Springs, Alabama. Upon learning of MOODY’S death, Winston County Sheriff Tommy Moore contacted State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Captain Jonathan Winters and requested an independent investigation into the events, which led to MOODY’S death. As part of this investigation on Friday, December 2, 2016, Captain Jonathan Winters met with Winston County Correctional Officer (CO) Stephen Marc Casteel at the Winston County Jail. CO Casteel provided Captain Winters with an overview of the events leading up to MOODY’S death and later a two (2) -page typed statement, which detailed those same events. After receiving the typed statement, Captain Winters reviewed the statement with CO Casteel to ensure its accuracy and that it included all the pertinent details. The following information is a summation of the information Captain Winters gathered on Friday, December 2, 2016 and his review of the written statement provided by CO Casteel. CO Casteel indicated that he is a second shift (3 p.m. until 11 p.m.) Correctional Officer at the Winston County Jail and was on duty the day MOODY died while incarcerated in cell E-106. According to CO Casteel, he and CO Drew Dodson received information from …show more content…
As CO Casteel performed CPR on MOODY, CO Dodson arrived back in the cell with a pulse oximetry meter and placed it on MOODY’S right index finger. According to CO Casteel, the pulse oximetry meter reading indicated MOODY’S peripheral oxygen saturation was at 72 percent. After noting MOODY’S peripheral oxygen saturation, CO Casteel resumed CPR on MOODY as Regional Paramedical Service (RPS) personnel entered the cell and joined his efforts to revive
After the party, Elbert Nash shook hands and walked across the street to his home with his wife. Depressed, emotionally distraught, the media crucifying his moral character, Mr. Nash walked to his bedroom, placed a gun to his head, and pulled the trigger. It was over. The media and politicians had finally got their pound of flesh. Warden Nash killed himself. They could do as they pleased.
On September 13, 1986, Jonathan Wayne Nobles broke into a home in Austin, Texas and stabbed to death Mitzi Nalley and Kelly Farquhar, who were both in their early twenties. Ron Ross, while attempting to intervene, was also stabbed by Nobles nineteen times but survived losing only an eye. Nobles was sentenced to death for murder and was executed after twelve years on death row. While in prison Nobles became a pin pal of Steve Earle, a popular country music singer, and author of this essay. Earle struggled with drug addiction in the past and had spent some time in prison himself. Earle is familiar with life behind bars and is well aware of the changes people can go through while locked up. In the essay “A Death in Texas” Steve Earle writes about
In the article titled ”Man Denied Parole in a Flagstaff Hotel” the article follows the case of then teenager Jacob Wideman murdering his bunkmate Eric Kane while he slept in his bed at a summer camp hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1986. Jacob was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years, the article was written in 2011the year of his first parole hearing. The issue for the readers to decipher in the article is if they believe Jacob who has served the past 25 years in prison should be granted parole and be released from prison. The article gives up to date insight from the parents of both of boys, Jacob who committed the murder, and Eric the victim all leading up to Jacob’s parole hearing. In this paper I will highlight key points from the article while answering key questions to give a better understanding of the trial for myself and for the readers.
The psychological abuse that the four suspects were exposed to made them make a wrong confession. In addition, being in an environment where the interrogation room is tight and dark increased the suspect’s anxiety. Moreover, the Frontline documentary stated that the suspects were held in custody for long hours with Robert Ford who used threatening language in order to make them confess. Not only that the suspects made a false confession, but they also told Ford different stories on how they murdered the victim. The coercive interrogatories, led Joe Dick to accept the label Ford put on him and the others. Although Ford was supposed to act just, he acted upon his self interest. Thus, he denied all facts because of fear of embarrassment of being wrong. However, after serving many years in prison, the four suspects were released to face stigmatization and labeling from the society. Indeed, this case proved that there is a malfunction in the justice system and that there’s a need for an immediate
Today, prisons are the nation’s primary providers of mental health care, and some do a better job than others. Pete Earley focuses his research on the justice system in Miami, Florida. He documents how the city’s largest prison has only one goal for their mentally ill prisoners: that they do not kill themselves. The prison has no specialized
Mrs. Jones, An elderly woman, presented severely short of breath. She required two rest periods in order to ambulate across the room, but refused the use of a wheel chair. She was alert and oriented, but was unable to speak in full sentences. Her skin was pale and dry. Her vital signs were as follows: Temperature 97.3°F, pulse 83, respirations 27, blood pressure 142/86, O2 saturation was 84% on room air. Auscultation of the lungs revealed crackles in the lower lobes and expiratory wheezing. Use of accessory muscles was present. She was put on 2 liters of oxygen via nasal canal. With the oxygen, her O2 saturation increased to 90%. With exertion her O2 saturation dropped to the 80's. Mrs. Jones began coughing and she produced large amounts of milky sputum.
Someone, suspected of a crime, is arrested by police. Later on, the suspect goes to court to face their charges. A classic episode of Law & Order. But, where do these suspects go in between the two events. They are held in their local jail of course. While people are familiar with the arrest and courtroom scenes from TV, many are unfamiliar with the jail scene, which becomes home to the suspects who cannot make bail until a court rules a verdict for their case.
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Gary Watson shares the true story of the serial killer Robert Harris in his essay “Responsibility and the Limits of Evil”. This inclusive narrative shares of a man who was once a very sensible young boy who found himself on the south tier of Death Row in San Quentin Prison. Through this story, the reader learns first about Robert Harris’s crime and then about his upbringing. Both of which are stories that one could consider hard to read and even consider to be a true story. Those who knew Robert Harris claimed that he was a man that did not care about life. He did not care about himself nor anyone else. Each inmate and deputy, from the prision, who was questioned about
The Louisiana incarceration rate has changed from the 1950’s to 2017. Incarceration is the act of placing someone in prison. Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, with 816 people in prison for every 100,000 residents
William Ward, an African American male, faced accusations of murder in Titus County, Texas. On the 24th of June, 1939 Levi Brown, a seventy-two year old white male, was found murdered in a field of grass. Brown was last seen in a discussion with an African American female and a petitioner. A medical examiner later identified that the death was due to strangulation by the discoloration on Mr. Brown’s neck and the distention of the eyes
On 4/3/2016, I was assigned as the Dock officer at the Lower Buckeye Jail, located at the above address.
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The “Tough on Crime” and “War on Drugs” policies of the 1970s – 1980s have caused an over populated prison system where incarceration is policy and assistance for prevention was placed on the back burner. As of 2005, a little fewer than 2,000 prisoners are being released every day. These individuals have not gone through treatment or been properly assisted in reentering society. This has caused individuals to reenter the prison system after only a year of being release and this problem will not go away, but will get worst if current thinking does not change. This change must be bigger than putting in place some under funded programs that do not provide support. As the current cost of incarceration is around $30,000 a year per inmate, change to the system/procedure must prevent recidivism and the current problem of over-crowed prisons.