Twenty stabbing in the span of a single month.
Prisoners sharing a syringe issued for a diabetic prisoner.
Regular prisoner-on-prisoner beatings – and guards who refuse to intervene.
Beaten and stabbed prisoners who are allowed to go untreated or, at best, treated superficially.
These are just some of the problems plaguing the Catahoula Parish Prison in Harrisonburg, according to the family member of a prisoner.
One prisoner suffered a broken arm when beaten by other inmates and subsequently received no treatment for his broken arm. He was allowed to shower only twice in the next 28 days.
The 900-prisoner facility is operated by the Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Office after severing its ties with the previous management firm, LaSalle Corrections, in May of 2021.
“No intake is conducted on prisoners when they come into the prison,” the source, who asked not to be identified because of a family member who is incarcerated there, said. “At the end of 2021, they put a prisoner in a headlock and sexually assaulted him with a knife.
“Guards tased a prisoner and threw him back in with other inmates who had just beaten him.”
One prisoner was attacked and stabbed in the neck. Prison officials treated the stab wound with super glue and put him back on the floor with the prisoners who had just attacked him, the source said. “They made no effort to confiscate the weapon.”
The source said shivs are made from paneling in the prison shower.
“Another prisoner was tased by guards who then threw him back with the inmates who had just beaten him.
“I’m concerned that someone is going to die there. There were 20 stabbings in the span of a single month and a syringe belonging to a diabetic is shared by inmates who have access to drugs. Something has to be done.”
Catahoula Parish Sheriff Tony Edwards did not return a call from LouisianaVoice.
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Seems like a US Attorney should look into these atrocities at once, as well as a courageous Louisiana attorney experienced in pursuing civil rights cases against out-of-control government agencies.
I think the governor has great authority over state prisons and at least some influence over parish prisons, especially the many run by sheriff offices. I consider the persisting failure to address these horrendous almost medieval conditions to be one of the few great shames of JBE’s tenure.
Can’t say, he has no authority over parish prisons. He has no authority over sheriffs
My brother was one of the victims of this cruel behavior.
You need to get the state police to investigate the abuse your brother suffered .
My homie Montrell Rogers ( state prisoner ) was fatally stabbed there week before last on a brutal murder on November 10,2022. He, inmate Rogers, allegedly told them before the staff put him in the inmate housing unit that he had enemies in the assigned dorm but they forced him in the dorm anyway. He was stabbed by multiple inmates. They kept this from the news media and no story has been publicly announced at all. The Warden Pat Book runs a terrible prison operation . He was allegedly under investigation years ago for cracking the skull of and inmate in his office during a use of force. They well documented the incident and hid the actual reason he ( inmate ) was injured Plus Warden Book family member Ronnie Book was the Sheriff there at the time so… This story on my homeboy Rogers need to be investigated by the feds .
I’ve been looking for a friend for 2 months now. Says he is on the roster, but I can’t get any video visitations or messages to him. Why would this be? It says he’s in the Parish Jail but he’s a doc inmate.