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Case Manager At Western Correctional Institution Essay

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I, Michael Yates, being competent to testify, hereby declare on my personal knowledge as follows: 1. I am a Case Manager at Western Correctional Institution (“WCI”), employed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (“DPSCS”), Division of Correction in Cumberland, Maryland. I have been employed by DPSCS for over __ years. 2. I am familiar with the allegations by inmate James Houck, #421024, who is currently housed at WCI. 3. Mr. Houck has been housed on protective custody status at WCI since February 11, 2015. Traffic officers make decisions regarding the cell assignments for inmates, tier officer do not make housing assignments. To the best of my personal knowledge, I have located no institution records which reflect that at no time an inmate been placed into Mr. Houck’s cell to physically harm or sexually assault him. 4. Mr. Houck has never been housed on a tier or in a unit with a documented enemy while housed at WCI. Mr. Houck’s OCMS Enemy Alert & Retraction screen reflects that he has two verified enemies, Trenton Robinson and Corey Yates. Neither of Mr. Houck’s enemies is currently housed at WCI, Mr. Trenton is housed at the Patuxent Institution and Mr. Yates is housed at the Roxbury Correctional Institution. The OCMS Traffic history reflects no record of Mr. Yates having been housed at WCI in the last year. Mr. Robinson was housed at WCI for approximately one year, from June 19, 2014 until June 16, 2015, in Housing units 2 and 4. Mr. Houck’s

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