THE
THE FORECAST WHICH4@ IS UP TO4@ DATE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. >> IT'S AN OUT AND OUT PHYSICAL
ASSAULT.
>> TONIGHT NEW VIDEO FROM
INSIDE THE FENCES OF THE
MOUNTAIN VIEW YOUTH PRISON.
IT SHOWS4@ THE ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR ON CAMERA
VIOLENTLY CONFRONTING4@ INMATE
SCARED, REALLY SCARED FOR ME
I'M SCARED FOR HIS SAFETY.
ADLER REPORTS OF INMATES
RUNNING WILD4@ IN THE YOUTH
PRISON SMOKING, WATCHING PORN,
ASSAULTING GUARDS AND4@ RIOTING@
NOW THERE IS VIDEO OF A TWO WAY
BATTLE4@ HE GOT OFF THE HOOK.
>> OH YEAH.
OH4@ YEAH.
TRUECORE FIRED ITS SECOND IN
COMMAND.
BUT TONIGHT THE TEENAGER'S
MOTHER SAYS HE GOT OFF EASY.
REPORTER COL SULLIVAN CONTINUES
THIS MONTH'S LONG 10 YEAR
INVESTIGATION.
4@>> THIS4@ IS THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE WAR INSIDE THE WALLS OF
MOUNTAIN VIEW, THE YOUTH
PRISONS SECOND IN COMMAND
CONFRONTING A 16 YEAR OLD
INMATE.
WE ARE GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
OBTAINED BY 10 NEWS.
THERE IS NO SOUND4@ SO WE CANNOT
HEAR THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE
ADMINISTRATOR AND THE INMATE4@
WATCH AS THE CONFRONTATION
BEGINS ON THE FLOOR AND THEN
YOU'LL SEE IT ESCALATE.
4@4@>> NOW4@ THAT ADMINISTRATOR
BEGINS ON THE FLOOR AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT ESCALATE. 4@4@>> NOW4@ THAT ADMINISTRATORS
ABOUT TO TAKE THE TEENAGER INTO
A CELL4@4@.
IT HAPPENED LAST JULY.
WILLL TRUECORE WAS STILL IN
CHARGE4@ OF THE FACILITY.
4@A POLICE REPORT SAYS EARLIER N
THE DAY THE TEENAGE INMATE
BRADLEY HARMON ATTACKED A GUARD
,STOLE HIS KEYS AND TRIED TO
ESCA4@PE.
NOW BACK TO THE START OF THAT
VIDEO BY NOW OTHER INMATES
RETURNED THE KEYS AT 130 THAT
AFTERNOON.
ALL THESE YOUNG MEN CONVICTED
OF CRIMES4@ RANGING FROM TRUANCY
TO RAPE AND MURDER WATCH
TELEVISION4@.
LET'S FAST FORWARD AS ASSISTANT
FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR JONATHAN
J.T. THOMAS AND ANOTHER GUARD
ENTER THE ROOM.
THE POLICE4@ REPORT SAYS THERE
APPEARS TO BE A VERBAL EXCHANGE
BETWEEN4@ THOMAS AND BRADLEY.
THEN THOMAS GRABS THE TEENAGER4@
AND KNOCKS HIM TO THE GROUND.
THE REPORT SAYS A SCUFFLE4@ BEGN
AND IT CONTINUES.
BRADLEY GETS UP AND STANDS AT
ATTENTION.
THOMAS HITS HIM AGAIN AND PICKS
HIM UP, MOVING HIM TOWARDS THE
CELL BEFORE THROWING4@ INSIDE.
THOMAS STAYS IN THERE WITH
BRADLEY4@ JUST OFF CAMERA FOR
ANOTHER MINUTE AND A HALF.
>> I CAN'T LIE SOMEWHERE.
>> THE BOY'S MOTHER4@, KRYSTAL
HARMON.
IT'S JUST VERY PAINFUL.
>> NO ONE CALLED FOR MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
THE REPORT SAYS BRADLEY4@ DID NT
GET HELP UNTIL FACILITY MEDICAL
STAFF CAME TO THE UNIT4@ ON AN
UNRELATED MATTER.
HIS MOM DID NOT FIND OUT UNTIL
VISITATION AND THE NEXT WEEK.
>> HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO BRADLEY.
HE SAYS LOOK AT MY HEAD.
WHEN I LOOKED AT IT IS A BIG4@
POP, NOT A SCAB AND THERE'S
BEEN SOME BLOOD THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY BIG.
AND I'M LIK4@E WOW, WE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> SHE SAYS BRADLEY HAS BEEN IN
AND OUT OF CUSTODY SINCE HE WAS
13.
MOST RECENTLY SHE SAYS HE GOT
IN TROUBLE FOR BURGLARY, THEFT
AND VIOLATION OF PAROLE.
TAKING MY CHILD4@ IN A ROOM AND
BEATING HIS HEAD AGAINST A WALL
NUMEROUS TIMES NOT IS N4@OT PART
OF IT.4@
>>4@ YOU KNOW I'M RESTRAINING
MAMA.
I UNDERSTAND MENDEZ RESTORING
AND NOT BEATING YOUR HEAD
AGAINST A WALL.
>> THOMAS4@ MOUNTAIN VIEW'S
SECOND IN COMMAND WAS FIRED TEN
DAYS LATER AFTER KRYSTAL HARMON
NOTIFIED STAFF.
WE BROUGHT THIS VIDEO4@ TO A
LONGTIME JUVENILE JUSTICE
LAWYER.
>> I'D SAY IT'S EXCESSIVE4@ FORE
BY ANYBODY'S DEFINITION.
>> DENNI4@S FRANCIS SAYS THOMAS
ACTIONS COULD BE CRIMES RANGING
FROM CHILD ABUSE4@ TO AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT A FELONY.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF4@ HE WENT INO
THE CELL WITH THIS KID BECAUSE
THERE'S NO CAMERA IN THERE OR
HE SIMPLY WANTED A SMALLER
SPACE TO PUBLIC BECAUSE
SOMEBODY IS IN CUSTODY DOES NOT
MEAN THAT THEY BECOME
SOMEBODY'S PUNCHING BAG BECAUSE
THEY FEEL LIKE IT.
>> EARLIER THIS MONTH, D.A.
JIMMY DUNN'S OFFICE DECIDED
AGAINST PRESSING4@ CHARGES. 4@
HE TOLD US HE HAS DETERMINED
THAT HE CANNOT TALK PUBLICLY
ABOUT THE SITUATION AT THIS
TIME.
CRYSTAL HARMON THINKS THAT
PRISON ADMINISTRATOR GOT OFF
THE HOOK ONLY IF4@ IT WAS ME I'D
BE IN JAIL.
>> HOW DID YOU SIT IN JAIL ON
ANDDD SHOWERS4@ KICKING IT OUT.
>> IT IS THE LATEST TURN IN A
MONTHS4@ LONG INVESTIGATION
THAT'S REVEALED RIOTS.
INMATES WATCHING4@ PORN AND
ATTACKING GUARDS ALL BEHIND THE
WALLS OF MOUNTAIN VIEW4@.
>> WE TRIED TO CONTACT THAT
PRISON ADMINISTRATOR BUT WE
COULD NOT GET IN TOUCH W4@ITH4@
AFTER OUR REPORTING.
THE STATE HAS CUT TIES WITH
TRUECO4@RE AT MOUNTAIN4@ VIEW AD
THE THREE OTHER PRISONS THAT
RAN IN TENNESSEE.
WE4@ SENT TRUECORE A WHOLE LIST
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT US ABOUT
THIS.
THEY SENT US A TWO LINE
STATEMENT.
YOU SEE IT THERE.
A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE COMPANY
HAS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR
INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT AND THE
EMPLOYEE4@4@ WAS FIRED.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD CHILDREN'S
SERVICES4@ SAID IT FOLLOWED STAE
LAW REPORTING CHILD ABUSE TO
PROSECUTORS WHEN IT FOUND OUT
ABOUT THIS IN JULY.
IT SAYS THOMAS IS NOT WORKING
AT ANY DCF FACILITY4@ AS FAR AS
IT KNOWS.
COMING UP TONIGHT ON THE
NIGHTBEAT