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Resident recounts injuries, staffing concerns at CoreCivic facility during public comment
Summary
A community member presented a list of alleged assaults and staff injuries at a CoreCivic facility, said employees resigned over safety concerns, and offered to provide police reports and documentation to the commission.
During public comment, William Rogers addressed the commission about safety and staffing issues at a CoreCivic-operated facility in the area. Rogers read a list of alleged incidents and employee injuries he said occurred at the facility over several years and urged the commission to review the documentation he offered to provide.
Rogers described multiple incidents in which staff and inmates were injured, named individuals involved in several incidents, and said he had correspondence and an employee resignation related to safety concerns. He said an employee who resigned cited safety and that the state agreed she had no other choice but to resign; Rogers told the commission he would provide copies of police reports and other records to staff.
Commissioners interrupted to note the speaker's time was up and asked Rogers to send the documents so staff could review them. Rogers urged the commission to allow the affected employee more time to tell her story and said he would make the records available later in the week.
No formal action was taken; commissioners accepted Rogers's offer to submit documentation for staff review.
