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| Local legislators do favors for inmates |
| By wect.com - Ann McAdams |
| Published: 02/21/2012 |
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STATEWIDE, NC (WECT) - Senators and State Representatives will often contact the Department of Corrections on behalf of prison inmates, asking for them to be transferred to prisons closer to home, or even paroled. It may surprise you – but it's common practice for some of our elected leaders in Raleigh. This came to light several months ago when former State Senator RC Soles spoke to WECT about his efforts over the years on behalf of criminals. We've learned he's not the only one using his elected office to help inmates. Through a freedom of information request, WECT obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence between Soles and the Department of Corrections. Some are letters of recommendation from Soles for people seeking employment with the prison system. There are also dozens and dozens of letters seeking transfers for inmates, and in one case, parole for a man convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder. "I am not going to turn my back on anybody, as long as I can help," Soles told us when asked about this. "I'm trying to do what I think is right." The inmates Soles has helped include at least six convicted murderers. Many more are serving time for armed robbery, and at least one is a child sex offender. [See the nature of Soles' correspondence with the Department of Corrections] Judging by the language in Soles' letters, he has never met some of the inmates he's helped. Others are people Soles has had long, notorious relationships with, including BJ Wright and Allen Strickland. Read More. |
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