Lamont Jones
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What happened? What happened? Well, we can't really say. Well, the paper seems to know more than you guys, or you guys aren't willing to tell, you know. So how did he get the hypothermia? And of course, they couldn't go into it, or they wouldn't go into it.
What happened? What happened? Well, we can't really say. Well, the paper seems to know more than you guys, or you guys aren't willing to tell, you know. So how did he get the hypothermia? And of course, they couldn't go into it, or they wouldn't go into it.
You're the warden, you're the commissioner over the prison. I want to know, why aren't things changing? You guys have power to make some of these changes. What are you doing to correct this? When we confront you, the first thing you do is deny, you know. And again, I'm like, either you're naive or you're just a part of covering this up.
You're the warden, you're the commissioner over the prison. I want to know, why aren't things changing? You guys have power to make some of these changes. What are you doing to correct this? When we confront you, the first thing you do is deny, you know. And again, I'm like, either you're naive or you're just a part of covering this up.
We would take like newspaper, wet the newspaper, and seal around the windows to try to keep it warm inside.
We would take like newspaper, wet the newspaper, and seal around the windows to try to keep it warm inside.
In our professions, right, you're going to have to become a human being or become a parent or a father or, you know, or whatever. So that's the space that I'm looking at that, hey, I'm Lamont from the advisory board. Even if I wasn't in this space, I would still want to know what happened to him. So that was natural.
In our professions, right, you're going to have to become a human being or become a parent or a father or, you know, or whatever. So that's the space that I'm looking at that, hey, I'm Lamont from the advisory board. Even if I wasn't in this space, I would still want to know what happened to him. So that was natural.
A somber feeling, man, because this is someone that I knew, and it's almost that feeling, like, this is where it happened, you know? And that's one of the greatest fears that I've ever had myself, is dying in prison, alone.
A somber feeling, man, because this is someone that I knew, and it's almost that feeling, like, this is where it happened, you know? And that's one of the greatest fears that I've ever had myself, is dying in prison, alone.
And you have a regular guard back there watching those individuals. I'm like, okay. I get that these people are being housed here and they may have pending charges against them. However, they have conditions where, you know, they're taking strong medication and things of that nature. What would this officer do if something goes wrong?
And you have a regular guard back there watching those individuals. I'm like, okay. I get that these people are being housed here and they may have pending charges against them. However, they have conditions where, you know, they're taking strong medication and things of that nature. What would this officer do if something goes wrong?
Is this correctional officer equipped to handle what's happening back there on that medical block, the mental health block? So it raises a lot of questions, again, that you have to look at the system.
Is this correctional officer equipped to handle what's happening back there on that medical block, the mental health block? So it raises a lot of questions, again, that you have to look at the system.
This is serious. This is family, and I want to know what happened.
This is serious. This is family, and I want to know what happened.
I knew I was going to die in there. I could feel it. And I was like, you got to get me out of here.
I knew I was going to die in there. I could feel it. And I was like, you got to get me out of here.
That was like, all right, you know, I'm doing something, man. I'm really making a difference, you know, so that felt good. But then it also made me continuously look at the system
That was like, all right, you know, I'm doing something, man. I'm really making a difference, you know, so that felt good. But then it also made me continuously look at the system