On April 27, 2015, Plaintiff Kenneth Sorensen, an inmate, filed a lawsuit arising out of his housing at the Jessup Correction Institution (“JCI”). He has since been transferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution – Hagerstown. The original complaint named 11 defendants (Former JCI Warden John Wolfe, former JCI Case Manager George Allen, Lieutenant Barnes, Carol Jackson, Officer Robert Jordan, Lieutenant Ronel Legrand, Dr. Kevin J. McCamant, Dr. Jacqueline Moore, Sergeant Shekey Sellman, Captain Monique Shaw, and Betty Spriggs). On June 5, 2015, he amended his complaint naming ten additional defendants (former Commissioner of Corrections J. Michael Stouffer, Case Manager Ayo, Lieutenant Baloga, Latisha Barrett, Captain Bell, Sergeant Burnett,
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Sorensen’s claims of retaliation and harassment. Dr. McCamant told me that correctional officers have requested that he conspire to “beef up” his reports to provide them support to conduct cell extractions so they can assault inmates; however, he has refused to participate. Dr. McCamant first became acquainted with Mr. Sorenson through a segregation review conducted by Lt. Barnett. The case management team made a request for the psychology department to monitor Mr. Sorenson because the review team thought “he was going over the deep end.” He was believed to not be compliant with his psychiatric medication and engaged in paranoid obsessive compulsive behavior. Dr. McCamant advised that he has had more contact with Mr. Sorensen than is represented in the EPHR notes, he checked on him almost every week when he went through the tier. He further indicated that there were people who may have been trying to hurt Mr. Sorensen and thus he was being considered for Protective Custody. The inmates believed that Mr. Sorenson may have been a child sex offender; however, he was not. Mr. Sorenson’s snitching on inmates and not being discreet contributed to his problems on the tier according to Dr. McCamant, who described him as “not acting in his own best interest.” Dr. McCamant said that he pulled Mr. Sorensen out of cell two or three times and met with him to allow him to discuss his concerns. At no time did Dr. McCamant conclude that Mr. Sorensen was suicidal or homicidal; however, in Dr. McCamant’s medical opinion he did appear to be decompensating due to all of his complaints. However, his condition was not severe enough to require placement in CMCJ at Patuxent and there was no safer place to house him at JCI. If Mr. Sorenson had presented in a state of real crisis that required further intervention, and not feigning for the purpose of simply getting out of isolation, then Dr. McCamant would have directed that
Sorensen’s claims of retaliation and harassment. Dr. McCamant told me that correctional officers have requested that he conspire to “beef up” his reports to provide them support to conduct cell extractions so they can assault inmates; however, he has refused to participate. Dr. McCamant first became acquainted with Mr. Sorenson through a segregation review conducted by Lt. Barnett. The case management team made a request for the psychology department to monitor Mr. Sorenson because the review team thought “he was going over the deep end.” He was believed to not be compliant with his psychiatric medication and engaged in paranoid obsessive compulsive behavior. Dr. McCamant advised that he has had more contact with Mr. Sorensen than is represented in the EPHR notes, he checked on him almost every week when he went through the tier. He further indicated that there were people who may have been trying to hurt Mr. Sorensen and thus he was being considered for Protective Custody. The inmates believed that Mr. Sorenson may have been a child sex offender; however, he was not. Mr. Sorenson’s snitching on inmates and not being discreet contributed to his problems on the tier according to Dr. McCamant, who described him as “not acting in his own best interest.” Dr. McCamant said that he pulled Mr. Sorensen out of cell two or three times and met with him to allow him to discuss his concerns. At no time did Dr. McCamant conclude that Mr. Sorensen was suicidal or homicidal; however, in Dr. McCamant’s medical opinion he did appear to be decompensating due to all of his complaints. However, his condition was not severe enough to require placement in CMCJ at Patuxent and there was no safer place to house him at JCI. If Mr. Sorenson had presented in a state of real crisis that required further intervention, and not feigning for the purpose of simply getting out of isolation, then Dr. McCamant would have directed that