SCI Greene - 2007 - 2008 Violations

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Reports of Human Rights Violationsat SCI Greene-2007-2008

-Physical/Mental Abuse, Medical Neglect, Denial of Due Process, racism,

etc.-

This information was reported to the Human Rights Coalition by way ofletters, grievances, and lawsuits sent by people incarcerated at SCI Greene and their families.

Human Rights Coalition FedUp! Chapter 5125 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15224 phone - 412-361-3022 xt. 4email - [email protected]

The following information is organized chronologically--Please note that some of these reports go into detail of physical abuse and may be upsetting

Date of

Incident

Date

Reported

Name, #,

Location of

Person(s)

Staff Involved Type of Abuse Description Incident

Grievancefiled

?

Prejudice?

February

16, 2007

June 10, 2007 Anthony

Osbey

#AY7851

SCI-Greene

Unnamed Fabricatedcharges

Anthony Osbey was removed

from his cell by two lieutenants

and two prison guards and

placed in the hole on falsepretext. He was charged withfighting, being in an

unauthorized area, threatening

staff and assault, and wassentenced to 90 days.

Unknown No

Unknown October 23,2007

RamonSanchez

#FH7056SCI Greene

Unnamed Physical,medical, denial

of due process

Mr. Sanchez has been witnessto and victim of physical abuse

(assault), medical neglect, anddenial of due process.

Unknown No

Daily November 6, Ronald DOC Secretary Medical Ronald Williams has an Yes No1
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


2/9

2007 Williams

#AP-8467SCI Greene

Beard, Prison

Health Services(PHS),

Governor

Rendell, andsubordinate

personnel

ongoing civil suit against the

DOC & PHS (includingSecretary Beard as defendant)

documenting a criminal

conspiracy to deny inmatesmedical care, specifically

specialized treatment andhospitalization, on the basis of

economic motivations. As aresult, Mr. Williams suffered a

resurgence of hepatitis-C

following the prematuretermination of his treatment,

and an inguinal hernia in hislower abdomen wall grew from

2-3 inches to 11-12 inches, also

as result of deliberate neglect.

Daily January 3,

2008

Ramon

Sanchez#FH7056

SCI Greene

Unnamed Medical,

unsanitary

conditions

Mr. Sanchez reports that SCI

Greene disregards sanitarystandards, placing healthy

prisoners with unhealthy,exposing both to multiple

diseases through inadequate orsimply non-existent sanitation

practices. A nurse also told Mr.

Sanchez that testing prisoners

for contamination is tooexpensive, therefore affirmingthat health needs are secondary

to cost concerns.

Unknown No

September

19, 2007present day

January 3,

2008

Barry

Williams#DQ3608

Unnamed, high

officialsimplicated

Denial of due

process

Barry Williams was transferred

to SCI Greene from SCIHoutzdale on 9/18/07 in

retaliation for utilizing thegrievance system, and has been

Yes No

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held in solitary confinement

ever since. He is being deniedaccess to programs that must be

completed for him to have any

chance of parole in July.

Daily January 3,

2008

Ramon

Sanchez#FH7056 SCI

Greene

Unnamed Deprivation of

food,

malnutrition

Ramon Sanchez states that

prison personnel at SCI Greenedeliberately short prisoners on

the capital case blocks in orderto save money, forcing

prisoners to beg from others orbuy food at the commissary to

provide for their minimal

nutritional needs.

Unknown no

March2007

present day

January 17,2008

Gary Walker#DJ1481

SCI Greene

Unnamed Medical,psychological,

denial of due

process,

deprivation of

mail

Mr. Walker testified in anaffidavit that he has been

housed in solitary confinementsince his transfer to Greene

from Smithfield in March 2007

without just cause/due process.He has been subjected to racist

abuse and retaliation for hisefforts to defend himself from

unwarranted punitive measures.The prisoner also alleges that

his medical needs are not beingmet despite having a chronicillness, and that he is suffering

from psychological abuse and adenial of mail service.

Unknown YesRace

January2008

February 6,2008

AnonymousSCI Greene

unnamed Medical,

unsanitary

conditions

A prisoner at SCI Greene whodesires to remain anonymous

due to fear of retaliation,

overheard nurses expressmutual ignorance as to which

No No

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needles were clean and which

were used while he wassubjected to a blood test.

October 16,2007

present

February 19,2008

BraheemMorgan

#DY5840

SCI Greene

Unnamed, highofficials

implicated

Fabricated

charges, denial

of due process

Braheem Morgan has beenplaced in solitary confinement

housing upon his transfer from

SCI Forest for unspecifiedreasons, and has not been

granted fair review of hissecurity status. PRC decisions

on his security status grant theinmate no substantive

explanation.

Yes No

February

27, 2008

March 4, 2008 Ramon

Sanchez

#FH7056SCI Greene

C/O Michiluchi Sexualharassment,

deprivation of

property

On this date C/O Michiluchiconducted a strip search of Mr.

Sanchezs cell. During thissearch he made gestures

(winking, licking lips) andhandled the prisoner in an

unnecessarily rough and

sexually suggestive manner.Michiluchialso destroyed legal

material, trial transcripts, andother personal possessions,

including shoes.

Yes No

Daily March 14,

2008

Jeffrey

Mosley#AM8957

SCI Greene

Unnamed, high

officialsimplicated

Denial of due

process

Mr. Mosley has written us a

general complaint, alleging thatofficials at all levels of SCI

Greene have rendered the

grievance system dysfunctionalso as to deny inmates their legal

rights for redress.

Yes No

March 25,

2008

April 8, 2008 Tayo Horn

#CT1554SCI Greene

C/Os Miller,

Dorcon, Sgt.Stewart

Psychological

(racial)

C/O Miller directed racist

comments at Mr. Horn, statingthat Aunt Jemima was his

mother. Sgt. Stewart and C/O

Yes Yes

Race

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Dorcon were involved in the

taunting as well.

March 28,

2008

April 8, 2008

By Tayo Horn

Tayo Horn

#CT1554

SCI Greene& Jeffrey

Mosley#AM8957

SCI Greene

C/O Miller Psychological

(racial)

Mr. Horn was told by C/O

Miller that the inmates

protesting racist treatment wasthe reason that MLK got

blown away. Mr. Horn andJeffrey Mosely were both

subjected to retaliation forcontinued protests against

racism by having their library

books confiscated and verballyharassed.

Yes Yes

Race

March 26,2008

April 4, 2008 JeffreyMosley

#AM8957SCI Greene

C/O Dorcon,Grievance

CoordinatorDan Davis;

Supt. Folino

Denial of due

process

Mr. Mosley submittedgrievance charges against C/O

Dorcon, accusing the latter ofthe sexual harassment of the

prisoner Mr. Trout. Since this

time Jeffrey Mosley has beensubjected to retaliation for his

efforts, separation from Mr.Trout, and persistent denial of

due process via frivolousdenials of his complaints and

deliberate indifference of prisonofficials. GrievanceCoordinator Dan Davis has

been particularly guilty ofsabotaging the grievance

process. Furthermore, Mr.

Mosley claims that Supt.Folino has failed repeatedly to

respond to multiple grievancesregarding this matter.

Yes No

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HRC/Fed Up! has extensive

documentation of these events.

Spring

2008

May 2, 2008 Tayo Horn

#CT1554SCI Greene

(since

transferred toSCI

Houtzdale)

Grievance

coordinator DanDavis, Lt.

Meighen and

Kennedy

Psychological

(intimidation),

denial of due

process

Tayo Horn was coerced by Lts.

Meighen and Kennedy intodropping grievance #22449,

which he filed with grievance

coordinator Dan Davis inresponse to racist abuse by

prison staff (see HRC abuselogs). Mr. Horn dropped the

grievance afterKennedythreatened the prisoner with

violence.

yes (then

dropped)

no

June 2008 June 11, 2008 Ramon

Sanchez

#FH7056 SCIGreene

C/O Patterson Mail tampering Mr. Sanchez reports that C/OPatterson has been organizing

his fellow prison staffers towithhold, destroy, and

otherwise deprive Mr. Sanchezof his mail.

June 17-24,2008

June 30, 2008 LeonardMatthews

#GU8954

SCI Fayette,SCI Greene

Unnamed Physical,

psychological

In the third week of June Mr.Matthews was placed inside

restraintsshackles,

waistchains, cuffsfor 24hours. This was repeated a few

days later and after Matthewsliberated himself from the

handcuffs he was placed into ablack chair and tied down from

every angle. He was then

transferred to SCI Greenewhere guards who had formerly

set him up with two criminalcharges threatened him.

Unknown No

July 11-182008

October 9,2008

Lamont Pugh#BG9048

SCI Greene

C/Os Mega,Ardabell

Deprivation of

yard/recreation

In an Imate Request to StaffMemberMark Cappozza, Mr.

Pugh details being deprived of

Inmaterequest

filed

Yesrace

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his daily exercise yard on July

11th, 14th, and 15th by C/OMega, and on the 16th, 17th, and

18th by C/O Ardabell. Mr.

Pugh asserts that this was doneas a racially motivated and

retaliatory measure.

July 10,

2008

October 20,

2008 byAntwan Felder

#GX8737

Lamont Pugh

#BG9048SCI Greene

C/O Hackeroad Psychological In a sworn affidavit Mr. Felder

testifies to witnessing C/OHackeroad tell inmate Pugh,

Stop fucking with our womenwe will kill you. This is

Greene. We kick ass and kill

people here. I will have myboys get you. Her me, porch

monkey?

Yes,

affidavit ofAugust 7,

2008

Yes

race

Summer

2008general

complaint

August 20,

2008

Antwan

Felder#GX8737

SCI Greene

Unnamed; RHU

staff implicated

Physical;

systemic racism

Mr. Felder reports that

institutional racism is endemicto SCI Greene, and that 85% of

the RHU prisoners are people

of color. Physical abuse isfrequent, and Felder suffers

from pain in his hands at thetime of writing after being

cuffed too tight.

Unknown Yes,

racial

September

22-23,2008

September 23,

2008, byLamont Pugh

#BG9048

Leonard

Matthews#GU8954

SCI Greene

Lt. Kirby Physical;

fabricated

charges

Lt. Kirby wrote Mr. Matthews

up on a false misconductcharge, alleging he failed to

return a food tray when both the

inmate and eyewitness Pughtestify otherwise. Pugh claims

he saw Matthews return the trayto C/O Eagle. The following

day Lt. Kirby assaulted

Leonard Matthews with anelectro-shock stun-shield in the

Yes;

InmateRequest to

Staff sent

on 9/23/08

Yes,

racial

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course of transporting the

prisoner to a hard cell,purportedly as a result of the

fabricated misconduct. Mr.

Pugh alleges racial bias on thepart ofLt. Kirby.

September24, 2008

September 25,2008 by

Lamont Pugh#BG9048;

October 9,2008 by

Antwan Felder

#GX8737

LeonardMatthews

#GU8954SCI Greene

Lt. Hollow; C/OSchifko

Physical;

medical;

fabricated

charges

On Wednesday, September 24th,Leonard Matthews had his arm

slammed in the door slot andwas denied medical attention.

The following day Mr.Matthews was removed from

the hard cell he had been in and

Lt. Hollow, C/O Schifko, andan unnamed Sgt. planted an

object in his cell. Antwan

Felder testified in two swornaffidavit that he witnessed

Matthews have his armslammed in the slot seven times

by C/O Ramey. According tothese affidavits, C/O Ramey

has called Matthews racistnames on several occasions,

including porch monkey, and

nigger. He also told

Matthews that This is Greene.We kick ass and kill peoplehere.

Unknown Yesrace

Fall 2008 October 9 &23, 2008

Lamont Pugh#BG9048

SCI Greene

LibrariansDebra Tustin &

Sharon Sebek;

School PrincipalGreg Johnson

Denial of legal

access

Mr. Pugh submitted two officialcomplaints to HRC, stating the

Librarians Tustin and Sebek,

along with School PrincipalJohnson have been deliberately

giving him the wrong legalmaterial despite his submitting

Unknown No

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specific requests as to his

needs. As a consequence, Mr.Pugh is having difficulty

moving forward with his suit

against GreenesSuperintendent Folino.

Fall 2008 October 11,2008

RonaldWilliams

#AP8467 SCIGreene

Unnamed Sgt.;Dan Davis

Denial of due

process;

deprivation of

property

Mr. Williams was transferred toH-Block by an unnamed Sgt.

and subsequently deprived ofproperty, including 3 boxes of

legal property, two pairs oftennis shoes, plus an

authorization for additional

phone calls. Mr. Williams hasfiled several grievances on this

and related matters which have

been refused on frivolousgrounds by Grievance

Coordinator Dan Davis andhis staff.

Yes no

November20, 2008

November 20,2008

Lamont Pugh#BG9048

SCI Greene

Unnamed Low airtemperature

Mr. Matthews reports in anaffidavit complaint that the

temperature on I-B pod in theRHU is freezing cold.

Unknown No

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