Incumbent defends keeping deaths from the public out of respect for families, but the mother of one of the deceased says this is information the community needs.
How many persons are on "Death Row" in the "Wyoming System"? Then you will get a better understanding and look as to why these "suicides" are where they are...
It's so VERY sad the DOC operates "as usual" especially when Death is the end result and "justice" is a bidding opportunity.
I wrote a lengthy comment on WyoFile, first acknowledging that I’m supporting Sheriff Appelhans in the upcoming election, because he’s brought integrity and accountability back to a department that had become a disgrace. I encourage everyone to read the article and also to ponder a fact that WyoFile failed to include, which was that in each inmate’s case, the sheriff’s department contacted the people designated by the inmates as their contacts. Those contacts may or may not have included everyone who would have liked to be contacted, and inmates may or may not have had reasons for their choices, but that’s not for the sheriff’s department to wade into. It seems to me that a reasonable default position is (1) to call for an outside investigation, as Sheriff Appelhans did, and (2) to respect the privacy of inmates and their families to the maximum extent possible.
My comment acknowledged that I’m an Appelhans supporter. I’ve helped with his campaign, as have many others, because the sheriff’s department needed a good cleaning and he did it. I’m not a campaign manager.
The real answer is:
How many persons are on "Death Row" in the "Wyoming System"? Then you will get a better understanding and look as to why these "suicides" are where they are...
It's so VERY sad the DOC operates "as usual" especially when Death is the end result and "justice" is a bidding opportunity.
I wrote a lengthy comment on WyoFile, first acknowledging that I’m supporting Sheriff Appelhans in the upcoming election, because he’s brought integrity and accountability back to a department that had become a disgrace. I encourage everyone to read the article and also to ponder a fact that WyoFile failed to include, which was that in each inmate’s case, the sheriff’s department contacted the people designated by the inmates as their contacts. Those contacts may or may not have included everyone who would have liked to be contacted, and inmates may or may not have had reasons for their choices, but that’s not for the sheriff’s department to wade into. It seems to me that a reasonable default position is (1) to call for an outside investigation, as Sheriff Appelhans did, and (2) to respect the privacy of inmates and their families to the maximum extent possible.
Aren't you Appelhans' campaign manager?
My comment acknowledged that I’m an Appelhans supporter. I’ve helped with his campaign, as have many others, because the sheriff’s department needed a good cleaning and he did it. I’m not a campaign manager.