Tennessee inmate’s mutilation highlights prison mental care woes across US
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 20, 2022
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press
Tennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges’ fellow prisoner Jon Hall warned long ago that he was at risk due to severe neglect by prison authorities, having spent three decades in solitary confinement with very little human contact or interaction.
In a federal lawsuit Hall filed in 2019 complaining that he too had been in solitary for nearly six years with no viable way to leave, he said of Hodges: “He’s suffered . . .