Category: Jail
Escambia County Responds to Main Jail Gas Leak
Around 8:00 this morning, Thursday, May 29, a person preparing food in the kitchen of the Escambia County Main Jail, 2935 North L Street, detected…
County Road Camp is hell for those injured in jail blast
Commissioner Lumon May has been handling dozens of calls from the families – white and black – of those prisoners caught in the April 29…
Report of gas leak shuts down Escambia County Sheriff’s dispatch temporarily
We received a phone call that the Escambia County Sheriff’s Administration building was being evacuated tonight. I called Commission Chairman Lumon May and he had…
ECSO shut off the gas to CBD after 2012 flood
In the days after the county’s Central Booking and Detention exploded, county officials were telling commissioners, away from the public, that the gas explosion would…
County explains why it rebuilt the CBD basement to ‘pre-flood’ conditions
Yesterday, I posted a November 2012 letter (ObjectionbySheriff ) from Sheriff David Morgan to Interim County Administrator Larry Newsom. At the time, the county commission…
Sheriff warned county not to rebuild CBD basement in 2012
Sheriff David Morgan warned Interim County Administrator Larry Newsom in November 2012 not to restore the basement of the Central Booking Detention building to ‘pre-flood…
Most bizarre statement on jail explosion
Jon Stewart would have fun with this statement from Escambia County Public Information Bill Pearson that he told the media at the county’s first and…
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…
