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Two Inmates Airlifted After Altercations At Century Prison
June 8, 2017
Two Century Correctional Institution inmates were airlifted in serious condition to Pensacola area hospitals Wednesday after two apparently different incidents of violence at the prison.
The first inmate, who was reportedly stabbed multiple times, was airlifted from prison grounds about 3 p.m. The injuries were the result of an apparent inmate on inmate alteration, according to Ashley Cook, press secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections.
“The incident is currently under investigation by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General. Due to the open and active investigation into this incident, this is all of the information currently available,” she said.
Escambia County EMS and Fire were called back to the Century Correctional Institution about two hours later for another inmate assault victim. That victim was also airlifted by LifeFlight helicopter to a Pensacola area hospital.
Further details on the second incident were not immediately available.
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14 Responses to “Two Inmates Airlifted After Altercations At Century Prison”
Chain Gang these CRIMINALS, and they’ll be way to tired to fight with each other!!!
@Chris, they are hiring every day at Century CI, come get an application and get a taste first hand.
That prison needs a major shake down. Like one of the other comments, some inmates are there for minor offenses while others are violent ones. They are there to do their time not to be mules for gangs and NOT to be killed. If the Shake downs were being down frequently and admin had the Officers backs alot of this would stop
@Spouse of an officer–So inmates shouldn’t be respected ? That’s pretty silly. Given as a whole what would you expect from an inmate then ? An inmate should get respect. If he abuses that respect, gets out of line in any way, then COs should have the discretion of stomping them to the ground. Otherwise, they should receive discipline, structure, as well as respect. Yes, I agree with COs not being LEO. Not near the training or education of LEOS. Also, risking lives, missed me on that. Very few COs killed by inmates in the entire history of FDOC.
@Curious… The Warden is just there to “Double Dip”… It’s a Kinder Gentler Department of Corruption… I’m sure it’s all just a big miss understanding… Once they run up a tab at whatever hospital they are at, they’ll give them a cookie, pat then on their head and tuck them in at night….
Curious, it’s not the Warden, some of it is Rick Scott & Julie Jones. Things aren’t handled now like they were in the lod ways. It’s getting worse up there. You know why? Because some of the higher ups are wanting to side with the inmates & some are wanting to teach them to be nicer people. The officers aren’t getting backed & the inmates, they don’t have any respect for no one & never really learn to respect, they’re pretty much think that officers need to respect them because they get away with so much & the officers get in trouble. Now I’m not saying that the inmates should be beat up just because but I will say they deserve to get discipline when they act out of turn. They should not be respected. If they want respect then they’ll do right & stay out of trouble & not land themselves in prison. It’s different when a man goes to prison for stopping a woman from being treated badly but to do drugs, steal rape & so on. None of our law enforcement officers make nearly enough & all of them face the fact that at anytime, their lives could be in danger. It depends who is talking, at one point they switched COs to being peace officers instead of law enforcement. These officers put their lives in danger & yes it can put their family in danger, but the Correctional officers make less than other law enforcement officers, some make less than department of Children & Families investigators. Pitiful if you ask me, because some of them lie & doesn’t even do their jobs but just want to hurt Families.
Who prays the inmates will be ok? They r just crap on the shoe of life for those who have to work and feed them meanwhile they get 3 hots n a cot and so many do with out medical ins because it is too expensive.. The prions have gotten so bad because they took the power from the CO and gave it to the inmates and the good officers are leaving because they haven’t had a pay raise in several yrs.. everyday I wonder if one of the CO’S are gonna get hurt or killed it’s getting out if control.. they need to give the power back to them n away from inmates.. prison isn’t club med it’s punishment..
Don,
That would be the emotion most would have, but the prison does not make the call to whether the inmates will be lifeflighted or not that is up to the EMS when they arrive on scene. It is true that they should have not come to prison in the first place but they are here, some are more violent than others but some are in here for minor infractions and you have to give them care.
What is going on in century prison the they keep having these issues. I’ve been working in corrections for over 10yrs and this is nothing but poor leadership the Warden needs to go this is ridiculous. Every week it’s something and something major.
The COs need to be given the latitude to reign roughshod over these inmates.
Good behavior equals positive reward, bad behavior equals pain! That is my logic.
Wow! I pray for all the staff all the time that God keep his arm of protection around them.
Praying both inmates are going to be okay..
The expense of these airlifts because of “altercations” between inmates is totally unfair to taxpayers,take them by private ambulances no mater how critical,if they make it fine,if not they should have avoided prison in the first place!
Well that cost the tax payers about two hundred thousand by the time it’s all said and done hope you feel like you got your monies worth.