Category: Jail
County issues Statement on Inmate Communications
The County Attorney’s Office is working directly with Corrections officials and attorneys who believe they may have encountered unreasonable obstacles trying to visit or communicate…
Road Prison Commander issued ‘secret’ memo on legal visitations
County Attorney Alison Rogers emailed me the memo from Commander C.S. Snow of the Escambia Road Prison which orders all shift supervisors to only allow…
County continues to deny prisoners legal counsel
Last week, we reported that county jail personnel were denying inmates access to their attorneys. Only those lawyers who were representing them on criminal matters…
Medical help coming for inmates hurt by jail blast
At yesterday’s County Commission meeting, Director of Corrections Gordon Pike told the board that the county has hired six additional mental health counselors and one…
State Fire Marshal says jail explosion due to gas leak
The Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have completed the ‘on-scene’ phase…
PNJ has audio of interviews with inmates caught in the blast
PNJ reporter Kevin Robinson interviewed female inmates that were in Escambia County’s Central Booking and Detention Center. The recordings of those interviews are posted on…
County takes back CBD
The Florida State Fire Marshal has returned custody of the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention facility back to the control of the Escambia County…
Inside the Chaos: Inmates Tell What Happened 
During the Jail Explosion
From this week’s edition of the Independent News Eric Stevenson has been busy since the early hours of Wednesday, April 30. The criminal defense attorney…
AP: State attorney says charges are possible in jail blast
Melissa Nelson-Gabriel, AP reporter for Northwest Florida, is doing a great job covering the April 29 explosion at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention…
County restricts attorney access to client hurt in the jail blast
Attorneys have reported to the Independent News that Escambia County has placed restrictions on them meeting with clients that were hurt in the April 29…
Families beg for more medical care for loved ones hurt in jail blast
About 30 people gathered Tuesday night for the “Justice For All People†meeting at Powerhouse Assembly of God to share their stories and problems since…
New photos show the flooding at Central Booking and Detention Center
For days, we have been searching of photos that show flooding at the Central Booking Detention Center. County officials have said that it was a…
How the County Commissioners took control of the jail
I went through our reports from last spring and summer on the Department of Justice report, the Escambia County Sheriff’s budget request to meet that…
National media probing deeper into jail explosion
AP reporters Melissa Nelson-Gabriel and Tamara Lush wrote today about the long history of problems at the Escambia County Jail: Florida jail that exploded had…
Weekend Buzz: Jail story unfolding
More than 26 inches of water in the basement At the Thursday afternoon press conference, Director of Corrections Gordon Pike told the media that the…
County releases the names of inmates at detention center
Escambia County officials have posted the names of the inmates that were in its detention center when it exploded Wednesday night. Here is the list…
Statement from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
In the wake of Wednesday’s devastating incident at the Escambia County Jail, the Escambia Sheriff’s Office has been inundated with multiple media inquiries from both…
Inmates: ‘We were abandoned’
The stories from the inmates trapped inside the county detention center after the explosion are very different from the images Director of Corrections Gordon Pike…
Jail Explosion Victims Identified
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two victims who lost their lives in the explosion at the Escambia County Jail late Wednesday night…
Press Conference clears up some details
Escambia County held this afternoon a press conference with Sheriff David Morgan and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater on the explosion at the Escambia County…
