SANTA ROSA "CORRECTIONAL" INSTITUTION

5850 East Milton Road
Milton, Florida  32583

Warden: Joe Petrovsky
850-893-5800     SC:  689-5800
Fax: 850-893-5907
 

Total Capacity:  1093
Total Inmates:    1378
Total Staff:          322

 SANTA ROSA CI, where many of Florida's mentally ill patients deteriorate from care involving unnecessary and premature use of force. Thanks to Ronald Reagan, this is the reality of today's mental health care for America's poor.

"Santa Rosa CI: Officer Koran is a wonderful guard. I had concerns about my friend in prison and CO Koran was gentle and kind. He answered all of my questions with patience and was extremely understanding. He gave me the number and name of people I could talk with that could give me more information. He went above and beyond the call of duty to be polite and helpful. Kudos to him. I also have the inside word that he is a fair guard who treats inmates with respect and dignity. Thank God for guards like him. Now only if we could get more to model after him."

Posted on Tue, Jan. 04, 2005

Santa Rosa County jail director charged with DUI

Associated Press
Bradenton Herald, FL
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/10566603.htm

MILTON, Fla. - The director of Santa Rosa County's jail was charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident, police said Tuesday.

Maj. Dottie Lewis Way, 59, of Pensacola, was arrested Sunday after witnesses said she hit a car and then left the scene. No injuries were reported.

A witness told police she had to go into a bar to find Way after the crash, the Pensacola News Journal reported.

Way told police she had been drinking at a bar before the crash. She said she felt she hit something on the road while trying to make a U-turn, but she didn't know what it was, then returned to the bar parking lot, according to a police arrest report.

She refused to take a sobriety test.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall said disciplinary action is pending the results of the criminal case.

"Everything will be treated as normal until that time," Hall said. "She's a superb, model employee and extremely knowledgeable in the field of detention. Everybody knows Dottie. This is a very unfortunate incident."
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Information from: Pensacola News Journal,
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com

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Toxic Mold Forces Transfer Of Inmates From Fla. Jail

POSTED: 7:45 am EST January 7, 2005

MILTON, Fla. -- The presence of toxic mold has forced the relocation of about 80 inmates from the Santa Rosa County jail.

Deputies in the Panhandle county have transferred 32 female inmates to Okaloosa County Jail, and about 50 male inmates went to the **neighboring state prison on East Milton Road.

The mold appeared in tests conducted Dec. 7.

It could be summer before the jail reopens

Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.

**Santa Rosa CI.

© 2005, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

Santa Rosa's Inspector Russo told me almost proudly  that, due to the numbers of mental health inmates there, Santa Rosa leads the state of Florida in the use of pepper spray.

Although my notes indicate that Insp. Rosso took my phone call the day we talked about pepperspray, ventilation, and mental health, he doesn't recall having the conversation with me. So, in deference to the errors of the common man, technology, and the many times I was switched to someone new during the phone call, I will state here that I am only 99 and 9/10 percent sure that it was Inspector Russo who took my call that day. If it wasn't him, I'm sure he will be happy to go through the logs for us and see who did explain the DOC's mental health care program to me.

Inspector Russo Doesn't Remember!
Possible Retaliation Santa Rosa Style
Clarification of Internet Mail in Santa Rosa

UNVERIFIED   REPORT

Date 6-14-01 Time 7:45 p.m. Three guards, Captain Schwartz, Sgt. Leavens, and Officer Shane moved the inmate from cell #1217 to cell #1112. It appears the inmate was moved for the explicit propose of gassing him with chemical agents.

 

 

POSSIBLY ERRANT GUARD LIST

Officers Dean, and Sgt. Gielow

FROM AN EX-SANTA ROSA GUARD

Dear Kay,
I have little fear of repercussions from the D.O.C. It's also my belief that the identity of your source should all ways remain confidential in the initial part of any reporting. It seems to give the respondent less time to dig up "dirt". I would love to speak to the reporter.

Jeb allows this evil machine to continue to steam forward! I have opposed "people warehousing" from day one. There is no rehabilitation in the system! My job was sacrificed.."budget cuts"

I know as well as you that people who try to make a difference are thought of as "weak"..the weak link is always broken.

Please keep me abreast of your endeavors.
anonymous

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FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SITE:

News Release
Santa Rosa Correctional Officer Charged With Lewd and Lascivious on a Minor
May 9, 2001

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement along with the Florida Department of Corrections and the State Attorney's Office, Third Judicial Circuit announces the arrest Billy Stephen Johnson, DOB 9-12-51, Santa Rosa County.

Johnson is employed by the Department of Corrections as a Captain at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution. He has been employed by the Department of Corrections since 1987 and at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution since 1996.

Johnson is being charged with 1 count of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation with a minor under the age of 16. If convicted of this 2nd degree felony Johnson could face up to 15 years in prison and up to a $10,000.00 fine.

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Making the Walls Transparent

Bill* "Complain, you get the same."	David Skritch Beaten by Valdez Guards
George Lemon A Very Sick Man	Christopher Soule **
Richard Humiston Spray, Loaf, & Grievance Forms	Jerry Alexander **
Wesley Acres **	Fitolay Demesmin **
Richard Edwards **	Timothy Hampton **
Kenneth Jackson **	Michael King **
Jack Kirchney **	Laron Mingo **
Richard Olson **	Julio Rodriguez **
Clayton Whisner **	Timothy Adam **
Alexander Gregory **	Angel Antonio **
Nicholas Arvanitis **	Jerry Jackson **
Steven V. Avageanos **	Patrick Barr **
Anthony Benbow **	Christopher Benton **
George Berrian **	John Binkley **
Ray Bishop **	Sylvester Black **
Stacy Blackman **	Vasten Blair **
Eduardo Toranzo **	Robert Varowe **
Daniel Fetzer **	John Glave **
*** **	Michael Bertinelli Hopefully We Will All Change
LaKeith Amir-Sharif Beaten by Guards	Lance Fierke RAPED BY CELLMATE
Dallas Price Beaten Twice in a Month	Jose Salinas Creating A Criminal
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