Nevada Warden, E.K. McDaniels’ “trophy potograph” of Timothy Redman after a beating received at Ely State Prison in 2000. A portion of the man’s face was torn off by guards.
From the human rights group, Make the Walls Transparent, “They pumped can after can of pepper spray into the cell; they came back every 20 minutes and emptied another can …a big can, maybe half the size of a hairspray can. Then an officer looked in the cell, turned to the lieutenant and said, Hey, This guy hung himself.”
The lieutenant answered,”Spray him again!”
Yesterday morning, Timothy Redman, a death row inmate at Ely State Prison hung himself in his cell after being tortured for 2-2 1/2 hours, sprayed repeatedly with mace, until he couldn’t take it anymore and hung himself. The unit was immediately locked down.
The warden reportedly came to the unit and stood outside the cell making jokes and laughing as Timothy’s dead body was removed. The White Pine County Sheriff arrived, cordoned off the area with yellow crime scene tape, and allegedly stood around laughing with the warden and associate warden. A doctor came to pronounce him dead. Correctional officers rolled up his property and emptied his cell. Timothy was rolled past other inmates without so much as a cover over his face; his face blue and just barely laying correctly on the gurney. LINK
This was no suicide. This was MURDER.
WHY is thuggery allowed to run our prisons? Trapping and torturing a prisoner to death is inexcusable. There needs to be federal oversight for rogue institutions like this one. 90% of inmates will eventually be released into the general public. Abuses to prisoners breed mental illness and aggression that will eventually threaten harm to innocents. Brutality by prison authorities is a terrible return for taxpayer dollars.
For anyone interested in learning more, please visit the Nevada Prison Watch site
Red. While I do not condone what happened in the Nevada prison perhaps you might add “the rest of the story.”
Namely, why was Timothy Redman imprisoned in the first place?
“Court upholds death penalty for Las Vegas killer
By Cy Ryan (contact)
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 4:53 p.m.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Timothy L. Redman, who was found guilty of shooting and beating to death another man in Las Vegas.
Redman had testified he believed Max Biederman wanted to have sex with Redman’s girlfriend.
In his appeal Redman posed many issues including that there were not enough felony aggravators to justify the death penalty imposed by a three-judge panel in 1990.
But the Supreme Court, in a 6-0 decision, said Redman was under a sentence of imprisonment when he murdered Biederman; had been previously convicted of assault and had mutilated the victim.
Biederman died from a massive injury to his head and suffered three gunshot wounds to his face. After he was dead, Redman amputated Biederman’s hands and attempted to cut out his teeth to prevent Biederman’s identification.
Redman was on parole at the time he killed Biederman for offenses committed in West Virginia, including breaking and entering, felonious jail breaking and assault.
Redman presented testimony from his mother, who said her son was physically and mentally abused. She testified she ordered him to stand in a corner for hours with his knees bent and his father had threatened to remove Redman’s hands with a chainsaw for stealing.
A psychiatrist testified that Redman perceived Biederman posed a sexual threat to his girlfriend. Redman said that Biederman had asked him to arrange for the girlfriend to meet Biederman in a hotel room.
The ruling upholds the decision of District Judge Lee Gates, who denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Redman, now 45 years old, is on death row at the state prison in Ely and has also been convicted of battery by a prisoner with a deadly weapon.”
He murdered and mutilated another human being. Perhaps we do a literal interpretation from the Old Testament in the Bible and call it “an eye for an eye” as found in Exodus 21:22-25 or Leviticus 24:21 which reads:
“Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.”