Some Florida prison guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black colleagues
In June, three Florida prison guards who boasted of being white supremacists beat, pepper-sprayed and used a stun gun on an inmate who screamed, “I can’t breathe!” at a prison near the Alabama border, according to a fellow inmate who reported it to the state.report filed with the Florida Department of Corrections’ Office of Inspector General“If you notice these two incidents were people of color. They [the guards] let it be known they are white supremacist,” the.
Still, few such cases are thoroughly investigated by state prison inspectors; many are downplayed by officers charged with policing their own or discarded as too complicated to pursue. The officer spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not cleared to discuss official prison business. They told the AP that, after the report went nowhere, they did not feel safe at work and are seeking to leave.
Caruso worked at three prisons in central Florida and reported inmate beatings and officer misconduct multiple times. Being a whistleblower did not work out well for him. He was fired after reporting on a colleague at the first prison where he worked as a sergeant, he said. “I have reported people when physically seeing them abuse inmates,” he testified in another grievance hearing earlier this year. The AP obtained video of the hearing at which multiple officers and leadership testified in detail about the system’s reporting structure and culture.
After seeing his reports go nowhere, he finally went over his superior officers’ heads. Caruso made contact with an investigator in the Office of Inspector General and emailed Florida Corrections Secretary Mark Inch directly. Inch responded to him expressing concern, Caruso said, and referred the matter to the IG’s office. That did not end well, either.
That’s because state law limits the use of inmates as confidential informants, they said, and guards are reluctant or afraid to snitch on their colleagues. The state investigated the keychains and complaints from Black guards of workplace discrimination. Department inspectors interviewed the white guards who were known to carry the noose keychains and eventually cleared them all.
“There are 513 police agencies in New Jersey, and not one bans being part of outlaw motorcycle gangs. A prison guard who is the patched member of the Pagans, he can be out about it and tell you about it because it’s not stipulated in the employment contract,” Ehrie said. The ADL lists the Pagans among biker gangs with white supremacist group affiliations.
The FBI said it would neither confirm nor deny if such an investigation had been launched, but Ehrie said it is likely. inspector general’s office on Oct. 1 and requested a wellness check on him. The office sent an investigator to the facility to interview her son, according to emails provided by the family.
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