Officials release names of inmates killed in Tecumseh incident

3-5-17 Nebraska:

Police have released the names of two inmates who were killed during an incident at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.

TECUMSEH, Neb. — Police have released the names of two inmates who were killed during an incident at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.

Damon Fitzgerald, 39, and Michael Galindo, 31, died during the Thursday disturbance.

Fitzgerald was serving 310 to 470 years for two counts of first-degree sexual assault, robbery, burglary, five counts of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, two counts of assault by a confined person and assault on a peace officer.

Galindo was serving a 12 to 21 year sentence for robbery, second-degree forgery, and three misdemeanors of attempted possession of a controlled substance, sale of alcohol to a minor and driving under suspension.

“Any loss of life is tragic. The TSCI staff handled the situation extremely well, which limited the incident to a small number of participants and minimal damage,”said Director Scott R. Frakes. “The public’s safety was never compromised.”

Frakes sent an updated release on Friday:

Family 'destroyed' by killing of Tangipahoa Parish jail inmate

2-8-2017 Louisiana:

A niece of a Tangipahoa Parish jail inmate who died after being attacked by 11 other detainees said Wednesday (Feb. 8) her family has been "destroyed" by his killing. She questioned why her uncle, a sex offender, was placed in the lockup's general population instead of an isolation unit.

Karly Varnado of Hammond said she and other relatives wanted to see the faces of those responsible for killing Tommy Joe Smith, 40, of Independence. But they were sickened when the Sheriff's Office released photos of the suspects, she said.

"They were kids," Varnado said. "He got murdered by 11 inmates who were way younger than him.

"Our family is absolutely destroyed."

Authorities said 11 inmates, ages 18 to 38, and one juvenile younger than 17 have been booked in an attack that other inmates described to investigators as a "shark feeding frenzy." The assault occurred shortly after Smith was booked Jan. 30 into the jail in Amite.

Former MC professor killed in prison

1-23-17 West Virginia:

Eugene Robert Anderson, 66, a former Marietta College professor who received more than 100 years in prison for child pornography charges in Marietta and Parkersburg, was killed in prison Sunday.

According to the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Anderson was killed Sunday evening after an apparent assault by one or more fellow inmates at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex.

Anderson was fatally injured around 6 p.m. in an outdoor recreation area. The facility was immediately placed on lockdown.

A makeshift weapon has been recovered. No one has been charged in the incident. The West Virginia State Police are investigating.

Anderson was serving sentences imposed in both Kanawha and Wood counties for multiple sexual offenses involving minors. His minimum discharge date in West Virginia was in 2148. ..Source.. by staff reports

Marysville rape suspect dies after jail beating

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4-13-2014 Ohio:

A Marysville man accused of rape died on Friday from injuries suffered in an April 5 beating by other inmates at the Tri-County Regional Jail in Champaign County.

Authorities have released little information about the fight involving 39-year-old David Piersol on April 5, except to say that he was in the general population with more than a dozen other inmates, not in an isolated cell.

Piersol died at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he had been in critical condition and on life support since the attack, officials said.

The jail, in Mechanicsburg in Champaign County, houses inmates from Champaign, Madison and Union counties. Piersol was in custody out of a Union County case.