In a darker side to that inquiry, three senior corrections department investigators sent to Franklin to look into Jordan-Aparos death and other serious incidents claimed their findings of systemic, widespread corruption and abuses were ignored, and that they later found themselves under investigation. After giving whistleblower evidence to state legislators, the three claimed in a lawsuit against the department that they were sidelined and transferred to non-investigational desk duties, the clearest case of retaliation Ive seen in my 37 years of practicing law, according to their attorney, Steven Andrews.
Julie Jones, Floridas secretary of corrections, meanwhile, dismissed the inspectors as a group of disgruntled employees that do not have the departments best interests at heart.
