James Lebomski

And they called for medical, they said medical emergency.

And they called for medical, they said medical emergency.

So they tried to remove him from the chair, and that was difficult because they didn't put him in the chair properly to begin with. So whenever they tried to undo the restraints, the restraints were twisted up.

So they tried to remove him from the chair, and that was difficult because they didn't put him in the chair properly to begin with. So whenever they tried to undo the restraints, the restraints were twisted up.

It was irritating the medical staff as they were trying to provide him care.

It was irritating the medical staff as they were trying to provide him care.

It made me sick. This is something that should not have occurred for a number of reasons. What made many of us upset was that had the policies and procedures that were in place been followed to the letter, it might not have happened. I remember feeling like I sat there and I watched my staff kill somebody. And that's how I felt. And that's horrible for me to say.

It made me sick. This is something that should not have occurred for a number of reasons. What made many of us upset was that had the policies and procedures that were in place been followed to the letter, it might not have happened. I remember feeling like I sat there and I watched my staff kill somebody. And that's how I felt. And that's horrible for me to say.

We would have weekly meetings. There would have been director and all the other directors and the warden. So in the next weekly meeting, the one topic was Ishmael.

We would have weekly meetings. There would have been director and all the other directors and the warden. So in the next weekly meeting, the one topic was Ishmael.

And I remember the then-director saying, instructing the warden to determine who needs to document where people failed policies or procedures or failed whatever it is that that needs to be documented. Whether that be a disciplinary report, a counseling slip, something, something needed to happen that documented that the administration knew that errors were made in that incident.

And I remember the then-director saying, instructing the warden to determine who needs to document where people failed policies or procedures or failed whatever it is that that needs to be documented. Whether that be a disciplinary report, a counseling slip, something, something needed to happen that documented that the administration knew that errors were made in that incident.

And this is at least documented that we're addressing it. We're going to try to address it.

And this is at least documented that we're addressing it. We're going to try to address it.

The response from the warden at the time was, well, I spoke with some of them, and I don't think that's the right course of action, so I didn't do it.

The response from the warden at the time was, well, I spoke with some of them, and I don't think that's the right course of action, so I didn't do it.

The result was that there was nothing documented that any of these individuals had done something incorrectly. Basically, I was confused, upset, concerned. Like, I came in here and I did what I was asked to do, and the result is nothing.

The result was that there was nothing documented that any of these individuals had done something incorrectly. Basically, I was confused, upset, concerned. Like, I came in here and I did what I was asked to do, and the result is nothing.

And then I remember going, well, if this is where we're at, now, you know, what do we do next?

And then I remember going, well, if this is where we're at, now, you know, what do we do next?