The following message was sent to Missouri Prison Reform by a resident of Northeast Correctional Center.
MY NAME IS EDWARD EBERT I AM WRITING YOU IN HOPES OF MAYBE GETTING SOME HELP FOR ME AND MANY OTHERS HERE AT NORTHEAST CORRECTIONAL CENTER, THIS PRISONS ADMINISTRATION IS A JOKE AND SHOULD BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO ANY AND ALL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND STAFF!!!! I AM IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY FOR MY SAFETY CAUSE THIS PRISON AND IT’S STAFF HAVE NO CONTROL AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE STABBING, DRUGS, AND OFFENDERS BEING ROBBED. I HEARD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FROM C/O’S THAT THEY ARE TOLD NOT TO TAKE ANYONE TO SEGREGATION, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT HAS STABBED OTHER INMATES AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE HOLE OR WRITTEN UP THIS PLACE IS OUT OF CONTROL. NOW THE OFFENDERS HERE IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ARE BEING PUNISHED WITH BEING LOCKED IN THERE CELLS 21 HOURS A DAY ALL BECAUSE THE WARDEN AND ADMINISTRATION HERE HAVE SAID TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY THIS PRISON NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN OR HAVE THE FEDS COME IN HERE AND DO AN OVERHAUL. THEY ARE LOCKING US IN OUR CELLS AS A PUNISHMENT WHEN ALL WE HAVE ASKED FOR WAS PROTECTION FROM GENERAL POPULATION DUE TO ME BEING ROBBED AND THREATENED AT KNIFE POINT AND DID THE PRISON DO ANYTHING NO THIS ISSUE IS ONGOING NOT JUST FOR ME BUT MANY OTHERS ALSO. I CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU CAN ASSIST US IN OR LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON HOW TO PROCEED
Submitted by,
Edward Ebert
