Friday, March 19, 2010
prisons / civil liberties CCA Oklahoma Warden in Boise for "Transition"
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM
The warden of a Corrections Corporation of America prison in Oklahoma where an Idaho inmate was killed by other inmates in 2008 is in Boise this week with a CCA transition team, after a shakeup in the leadership at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center.
CCA, which manages Idaho's largest state prison, removed warden Phillip Valdez and assistant warden Daniel Prado from the helm at ICC this week after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the prison alleging extreme levels of violence which violated prisoners' constitutional rights.
Valdez and Prado remain employed by CCA and will be reassigned, CCA spokesman Steve Owen told citydesk in an e-mail.
Timothy Wengler was named interim warden at ICC, having been transferred from the 1,600-bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minn., which was shuttered in February because of a lack of customers.
- CCA
- Fred Figueroa, North Fork
"IDOC is working with Mr. Figueroa and the other members of the team to provide for a smooth transition," said Idaho Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Ray.
Inmates at ISCI recognized Figueroa from their time spent at North Fork. Idaho housed inmates in Oklahoma between 2005 and July 2009 when 188 were brought back to the state and bunked at ICC. One source told citydesk that Idaho inmates saw Figueroa as a fair warden.
But one Idaho inmate was killed by other prisoners at North Fork under Figueroa's watch. On the evening of June 25, 2008, David Drashner, 51, of Canyon County was attacked and killed by other inmates. The Chief Medical Examiner in Oklahoma City ruled the death a homicide and according to a report obtained by citydesk, Drashner died from a traumatic brain injury.
We have not been able to determine if anyone was charged in Drashner's death.
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My husband was David Drashner who died of the the hands of Aren Wight from Twin Fall Idaho. The Idaho Dept of Corrections never let me know of Arens trial, so I was not able to go. They never said this Warden was dismissed either. David was hit on the back of the head, blunt force trauma. I picked him up in a box at the post office. David was a happy person who gave the coat off his back to help the homeless, A Veteran from the Coast Guard.A Juryman carpenter .Three children, four step children, a grand baby he never met do to Idaho sending him to CCA a private prison in Oklahoma. A low risk inmate who told Aren Wright to grow up and act like an adult. When Aren Wight was giving a female guard a bad time. He went into his cell with another inmate and beat him to death. The other inmate left Aren Wight in the cell while Aren Wight finished the job. David liked to drink, never hurt anyone. He loved life.I am angry at the Idaho Dept of Corrections to b;ow me off. They acted like David was theirs and not mine.
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