More on the death of Marcia Powell

The Feathered Bastard goes into more detail about the disciplinary action against some 16 corrections officials here, contending among other things that the head of the department of corrections, Charles Ryan, should be among those resigning.

One unaddressed issue: Ryan ordered life-maintaining equipment removed from Powell after she had been brought into the hospital, even though she had a guardian who was legally empowered to make that decision.

More background on Powell’s almost unrelentingly miserable life here.

PHXated watched the CBS 5 news report on Powell this morning and was amazed at the superficiality of it. Among other things, the report said Powell was left out in 100-degree heat, where all the other reports say it was 107 that day; and it said the state would no longer be using the outdoor holding cells, but this is contradicted by the Republic’s story this a.m. says that it’s merely limited their use to two hours.

The report also didn’t even mention the possibility of criminal charges being leveled against those responsible, which of course is the big question.

On the other hand, the report did show a shot of what seemed to be a warren of the cells she was supposedly left in; that and the anchor’s assertion that she was left “without shade” answered a question I had in my mind after reading the other reports, which didn’t make it clear that Powell was literally left to roast alive in the sun without cover. (She ended up with second-degree burns on her body; that means her skin was literally blistering.)