AFTER JAMYCHEAL MITCHELL
DIED AT THE HAMPTON ROADS
REGIONAL JAIL IN 2015 -
AND THEN HENRY STEWART
DIED THERE A YEAR LATER -
ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK
HERRING DEMANDED A
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
(LAURA)
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
REPORT FOUND THAT THE
JAIL WAS VIOLATING THE
CIVIL
RIGHTS OF ITS INMATES ---
MANY OF WHOM HAVE CHRONIC
MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR
MENTAL
ILLNESS.
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
CHRIS HORNE WANTED TO
KNOW HOW THE NEW MAN IN
CHARGE OF HAMPTON ROADS
REGIONAL IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
(CHRIS)
THE INVESTIGATION
CONCLUDED BEFORE DAVID
HACKWORTH TOOK OVER LAST
SPRING - BUT HE'S THE ONE
IN CHARGE OF CHANGING THE
CULTURE.
(CHRIS)
THE MITCHELL AND STEWART
CASES WERE TRAGIC BUT FAR
FROM ISOLATED.
WE WENT BACK EVEN BEFORE
THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
AND FOUND A DEADLY
DECADE AT HAMPTON ROADS
REGIONAL JAIL.
HACKWORTH WANTS MORE
SPECIFICS REGARDING THE
CRITICAL REPORT, BUT
INSISTS THAT HE CAN TURN
THE JAIL AROUND.
(CHRIS HORNE REPORTING)
THE IMPACT OF THE REPORT
ON THE HAMPTON ROADS
REGIONAL JAIL IS
INESCAPABLE - WORDS LIKE
"VIOLATE" AND
"CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS".
C 2 14:08 MARK HERRING
/ ATTORNEY GENERAL -- THE
REPORT OUTLINED
CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD
NOT EXIST IN THAT JAIL OR
ANOTHER OTHER JAIL IN THE
STATE, AND I'M HOPEFUL
THAT THAT IS A WAKE UP
CALL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK
HERRING CALLED FOR A
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE INVESTIGATION
FOLLOWING THE DEATHS IN
THE JAIL OF JAMYCHEAL
MITCHELL AND HENRY
STEWART.
BOTH HAD REQUESTED
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
ATTENTION BUT DIDN'T GET
IT.
INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT
IN GENERAL, THE JAIL'S
MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL
ILLNESS CARE AND USE OF
RESTRICTIVE HOUSING WERE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
C 4632 10.57 JAMES
BOYD / PRESIDENT,
PORTSMOUTH
NAAACP -- WHEN YOU HAVE
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ON RECORD SAYING THAT A
JAIL HAS VIOLATED THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES, I THINK
THAT IS BEYOND ALARMING
DAVID HACKWORTH TOOK OVER
AS JAIL
SUPERINTENDENT LAST
SPRING.
C 19 19:14 DAVID
HACKWORTH / JAIL
SUPERINTENDENT -- WHEN
YOU FIRST READ IT, DID
YOU THINK IT WAS LARGELY
ACCURATE? I READ THE
REPORT. WHETHER IT'S
ACCURATE I THINK IT'S
THEIR PERCEPTION.
SINCE THE REPORT PERTAINS
TO A TIME PRIOR TO HIS
ARRIVAL - HACKWORTH
WON'T COMMENT ON THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S MANY
CLAIMS, INCLUDING THAT
INMATES HAVE A LACK OF
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
AND THE JAIL FAILS TO
PROPERLY DELIVER
MEDICATION TO MENTALLY
ILL INMATES.
HACKWORTH HAS 30 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WITH JAILS,
AND SAYS THIS ONE IS
UNIQUE.
C 23 34.14 DAVID
HACKWORTH / JAIL
SUPERINTENDENT --I DON'T
KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY
REGIONAL JAILS, OR FOR
THAT FACT ANY LOCAL
JAILS, THAT
HAVE THE ACCUITY LEVEL
THAT WE HAVE HERE
HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL
HAS A MUCH HIGHER
PROPORTION OF MEDICAL AND
MENTAL ILLNESS CASES
AMONG ITS POPULATION.
THE REPORT SAYS ABOUT
THREE QUARTERS OF THE
POPULATION NEED CHRONIC
CARE - AND ABOUT HALF ARE
ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.
HACKWORTH INSISTS THAT
HIS STAFF MEMBERS USE A
THREE-WAY APPROACH TO
IMPROVE JAIL CONDITIONS.
C 19 22:43 DAVID
HACKWORTH / JAIL
SUPERINTENDENT -- THAT'S
RELATIONSHIPS, THAT'S
COMMUNICATION, AND THAT'S
FOLLOWING UP
AND THAT INCLUDES MORE
TIME FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT IN THE
CELLBLOCKS.
C 43 43:55 INMATE:
SEE, WE NEED HELP IN HERE
C 43 44.02 DAVID
HERE. IF I CAN'T, I'LL BE
UP HERE
MONDAY MORNING
THE REPORT ALSO CRTICIZES
THE JAIL FOR USING
RESTRICTIVE HOUSING FOR
INMATES WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS. HACKWORTH SAYS
THAT HAS ENDED.
C 19 27:08 DAVID
HACKWORTH / JAIL
SUPERINTENDENT -- THAT
WOULD NOT BE CORRECT AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M
NOT GOING TO DO -
IS PUT SOMEBODY IN
THE
FIVE SHERIFFS WHO USE THE
REGIONAL JAIL SIGNED A
JOINT LETTER OF SUPPORT
FOR HACKWORTH.
C 558701 36:33 SHERIFF
MICHAEL MOORE/
PORTSMOUTH -- I THINK
HE'S AN EXCELLENT
SUPERINTENDENT, HE WAS AN
EXCELLENT CHOICE, AND
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO
FACILITATE THE CHANGES
THAT NEED TO BE MADE
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
CAME UP WITH MORE THAN
40 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
CHANGES.
HACKWORTH WANTS TO MEET
WITH THEM TO GET MORE
SPECIFICS AND DETAILS.
AND HE WANTS TO REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
DIE HERE - 68 IN THE PAST
15 YEARS.
AUDIO PHONE CALL 10:12
VALERIE PORCH / DIED AT
HRRJ -- GOD GONNA SEE ME
THROUGH THIS, AND KNOW
WHAT? SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE
IN TROUBLE. SOMEBODY'S
GONNA BE IN SOME SERIOUS
TROUBLE.
(CHRIS)
THAT VOICE YOU JUST HEARD
WAS VALERIE PORCH, ONE OF
THOSE 68 INMATES.
COMING UP AT 6 -- MORE OF
THAT PHONE CALL TO HER
MOM THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE
DIED TEN
YEARS AGO.
PLUS HOW THE NEW
SUPERINTENDENT PLANS TO
ELIMINATE TRAGIC CASES
LIKE VALERIE
PORCH.
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