Inmate under house arrest after being brutally attacked and seriously injured | Guam News

An inmate who was brutally attacked at the Department of Corrections in recent weeks was published from prison.

Rickey McIntosh was an inmate at the Department of Corrections is held on charges that he facilitated prison contraband until he was published on Tuesday, May 7, according to an order from Supreme Court of Guam Judge Alberto Tolentino.

As a result, McIntosh has been placed under house arrest under electronic monitoring and will be supervised at all times by two outside administrators and ordered to comply with all laws. McIntosh is only allowed to leave his home for court hearings.

Additionally, McIntosh is allowed to leave the country to receive medical treatment was published after he was “brutally attacked” at Post 5 of the DOC Adult Detention Center in Mangilao.

McIntosh’s lawyer To mark Smith further confirmed this to the Guam Daily Post McIntosh claims in post 5 that he was “attacked by multiple attackers in his prison cell.”

The attack left McIntosh unconscious and required hospitalization and surgery for the injuries sustained.

“He has four steel plates in his face. His eye socket around his right eye is completely crushed. He has a bone in his brain, and he was “I advised him to go to the emergency room any time his nose started dripping mucus because the bone had moved further into his brain,” Smith said, adding that McIntosh also suffered a broken rib.

After undergoing surgery, McIntosh and Smith appeared in Superior Court of Guam, where Smith requested McIntosh’s release because he feared for his life.

“He was almost killed. This was a brutal attack,” Smith said.

Investigation

Upon hearing of the attack, DOC Director Fred Bordallo Jr. confirmed to the Post that it involved an inmate was attackedHoweverNot Bordallo confirm it was McIntosh because of an ongoing investigation is carried out from the Guam Police Department. The DOC is also conducting an internal affairs investigation.

However, Smith said the attorney general’s office learned from the DOC that McIntosh “fell off a bunk bed.”

Regardless, in addition to McIntosh’s safety, Smith’s concern is that, considering McIntosh, McIntosh was not protected during his incarceration at the DOC is loaded In a prison contraband case, DOC employees test positive for methamphetamine And Only correctional officers have keys to the prison cells.

“They failed in their job to protect this inmate. The didn’t happen in three or ten seconds. The “It was a brutal beating that was premeditated and took a period of time to crush and pulverize someone’s face,” Smith said.

“All these cell doors need keys, so what’s going on? And that’s the big problem.” Secret, How did all this happen? How does the ice get up there? How is ice used by prisoners? “How can guards test positive and still work?” Smith asked.

Smith further confirmed this wanted Investigate the matter further by filing a Freedom of Information Act request for DOC and GPD and seeking damages against DOC and GovGuam. Additionally, Smith expressed a desire to work with the AG’s office to “uncover what happened.”

“There is no doubt in my mind that the AGO (AG’s Office) wants to do the right thing And “That also means making sure the DOC is doing its job right, which is keeping drugs out of there and keeping inmates safe,” Smith said.

According to Post files, Sen. Chris Barnett wrote a letter to Bordallo about prison officials testing positive for amphetamines receive a suspension and a verbal warningwhile Another was reprimanded for assaulting an inmate, engaging in a fight, and inciting a fight between two inmates.

The McIntosh prison contraband case is loaded Several others are involved, including a DOC officer, Travis Venus was accused attempting to bring into prison a bag containing four bags of chewing tobacco, two e-cigarette pens, two small bags of methamphetamine and an artificial glass pipe with a bulbous end on April 23, 2023. McIntosh was charged by indictment So His alleged actions in the case have not been disclosed.

Smith confirmed he is working with the AG’s office to resolve McIntosh’s case which “could involve collaboration.”

‘Very happy’

To McIntosh, Smith said: “very happy“With his release because McIntosh feels that officers will not protect him if he goes back to prison.

“He doesn’t want to go to prison… he’s safe… he doesn’t want to go back to prison,” Smith said, before suggesting that McIntosh’s current injuries do not pose a threat to the community.

“I think there is no doubt he will appear at the next court hearing,” Smith added.