In response, Shepard sent the packet to the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Prison Activist Resource Center and the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee to bring attention to the concerns and spark reform. Only Coyne-Fague responded, encouraging Shepard to use the formal grievance process that was the subject of his complaints. The criticisms took aim at the grievance system, the existence of “housemade, unpromulgated rules and false policies,” and issues related to people’s reentry into society. Any claim to the contrary is simply untrue,” Ventura said in an email.Īccording to the lawsuit, the case dates to January 2019, when Shepard compiled a packet of complaints about the conditions in medium security that he sent to the administrative hierarchy.
"We can add, however, that RIDOC is one of the most constitutional correctional agencies in the country and does not practice 'Solitary Confinement,' as we have stated on the record numerous times.
He disputed that Shepard had served time in conditions that could be considered solitary confinement. Ventura, spokesman for the Department of Corrections, said they had not yet been served with the complaint, but would request representation from the attorney general's office. Joseph Shepard alleges that he spent nearly eight months in solitary confinement for at least 21 hours each day as retaliation for his speaking out about conditions at the Adult Correctional Institutions.
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