ISCC STAFF REFUSE TO INTERVENE DESPITE HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF IMPENDING ASSAULT - POSSIBLE "FAILURE TO PROTECT" LITIGATION ON THE HORIZON
In the last days of May, 2023 a prisoner (we'll call him Bubba) was moved into unit F3 at the ISCC, an area of the prison which has been consistently and increasingly populated by past, current and "wannabe" gang members over the past several months. Because Bubba was a sex offender, he found himself somewhat ostracized, but when he was assigned to live in a cell with a gang member who informed him he could not live with a sex offender, it was clear to all - including staff who were directly informed - that serious problems were going to arise. Let's go back a bit... there are a number of sex offenders assigned to F block, and to F3 specifically. They typically maintain a low-key existence, and generally have no problems associated with their crimes once they find someone who they can cell with. Unfortunately, due to the turnover rate of prisoners on the unit, sometimes these sex offenders receive new cell partners that cannot or will not abide living in a cell with t