Did anyone hear/see anything in the news about an inmate at Cummins being set on fire this week? I have not seen it in the news, but my contact there was telling me about it. Wondering what spin ADC was putting on that story.

I'm not sure but my brother called me that afternoon and told me about it. I don't care what he did to tick those guys off no one deserves to be set on fire.

Here is a link to a story regarding the incident. I agree, no one deserves something like that. It is just going to make it tougher on all in there.


Tried to post the like but I have not had enought posts yet. Will copy and paste which is probably a no-no!


Grady, AR (AP) - A state prisoner at the Cummins Unit at Grady was badly burned early Tuesday when another inmate threw gasoline on him and then set it aflame.
Correction Department spokeswoman Dina Tyler says 42-year-old Robert Smith was in his bunk at about 4 a.m. as breakfast was being served when he was attacked. Tyler says Smith ran after he was set on fire but was caught and extinguished by nearby inmates.
Tyler says Smith was conscious, alert and talking when he was taken to a hospital at Dumas. He has since been transferred to a hospital in Little Rock for continued treatment of burns on his chest, arms and face.
Smith told officials he did not see his attacker and did not know why he was targeted. Tyler says it is likely that Smith didn't see his attacker, considering that Smith was still in bed when he was set on fire.
Tyler says an internal investigation is taking place and state police are also investigating. She says the department also wants to know how the culprit got gasoline and a lighter or matches into the barracks area.

This is horrible. I just could not imagine. My thoughts and prayers go out to this man and his family.

Has anyone heard how he is doing now? Or if they ever found out who did it?

I'm not sure how he is doing. I do know he is (was) at Children's Hospital.
No they still have not found out who done it. My brother said that the whole barracks is hush. But that there was suspicions and some were in the whole ( i think). The whole barracks was on lock down.

During my visit at Cummins this weekend my brother told me about a guy on hoe squad who hit another guy in the head with a hoe. He said that he heard the guy was injured pretty badly. I have not seen anything about this. Wondered if anyone else had?