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Former employee and advocate recount incidents at CoreCivic facility, urges commissioners to review documentation
Summary
William Rogers told the commission he has documents and police reports alleging repeated assaults and injuries at a CoreCivic facility and asked the commission to allow a longer forumed presentation and to accept his evidence for referral or review.
William Rogers used his public-comment time to recount a series of alleged assaults and injuries at a CoreCivic facility and urged the commission to accept documentation and allow the affected former employee additional time to present her experience.
Rogers read a list of reported injuries and episodes — naming multiple individuals and describing stabbings, assaults that led to stitches, broken bones and surgeries — and said these incidents were not isolated. He told commissioners that over recent years the facility accounted for dozens of calls for service and that staffing shortages had been reported in local news coverage. Rogers said he would provide copies of police reports and related documents to the commission.
Commission members noted time limits for public comment and asked Rogers to submit his records to the commission for staff review. Rogers said that a state review had concluded a former staff member who resigned for safety reasons was justified in doing so and that he would submit the documentation soon. The commission did not take action during the meeting but invited him to provide the materials for staff consideration.
Rogers' remarks were submitted as public comment; no staff presentation or formal referral action was recorded on the transcript at the meeting.
