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Two Carter inmates charged after inking 'surprise' tattoo

ELIZABETHTON — Two prisoners of the Carter County Jail face new charges after they allegedly tattooed an image of a male organ on the back of another prisoner’s neck.

Sammy Jackson Green, 20, 202 Old Lacy Hollow Road, and Robert Shaun Hicks, 27, 2134 Gap Creek Road, were each charged July 1 with tattooing without a license. In addition to the charges, the cell block in which they resided had its television, telephone and radio privileges revoked for a week.

Jailers discovered the tattoo June 6 when they noticed inmate Johnny Calhoun had a fresh tattoo on the back of his neck. When the jailers asked Calhoun about the tattoo, he told them a couple of his fellow inmates had done the work.

At that point, the jailers ordered Calhoun to gather his possessions and move to a different cell block for his safety. Once he had been settled into a different cell block, the jailers questioned Calhoun again about the tattoo on the back of his neck.

Calhoun said Hicks and Green had placed the tattoo on his neck. Calhoun was then asked if he knew what had been drawn on his neck. He told them he was not aware of what they had drawn.

When he was told the tattoo resembled a male organ, with the name “Lee” below it, he became highly upset and he told the jailers Green and Hicks had forced him to submit to the tattooing. He said he told them if he had to get a tattoo, he wanted them to put “Sheila” on his neck, which was the name of his girlfriend.

Following the interrogation, Calhoun was taken to the medical station to examine the fresh tattoo for signs of infection. He was then cleared to go back to his cell block.

Green and Hicks were both placed in lockdown in a different cell block, while their old cell block lost many of its privileges.

Green and Hicks are scheduled to answer the charges against them Tuesday.

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To all those who think jail is so easy I would like you to go and spend a month and then come back and tell us what you think.

Brother Early | 7/3/2009 - 6:28 PM - (Suggest Removal )

Oh my how horrid.

S B | 7/3/2009 - 11:49 AM - (Suggest Removal )

Yep, with some of the lives that these people live "on the street," jail is like staying at a 5-star resort to them!!! Phones, radios, TVs, computers, workout equipment, visitors, food handed to them, etc. Duh, why do you think it seems to be the same people returning to jail time and time again???!! If "jail" is what "jail" should be, there might be some lessons learned and make people think twice about committing another crime!!! I just don't get it!!! Just how stupid ARE the "higher powers???!!!" Pretty darn stupid!!!

I*C*U*C*N* Me | 7/3/2009 - 11:20 AM - (Suggest Removal )

What????? Television, telephone and radios in the cells? THey get to lay around all day watching tv and talking on the phone? That'll teach them to come out into society and live off the Govt like too many Americans do already! God Bless the U.S.A. We got some major changing to do!!!

Troy B | 7/3/2009 - 8:18 AM - (Suggest Removal )

In addition to the charges, the cell block in which they resided had its television, telephone and radio privileges revoked for a week.



WHAT !!!

Robert Fitzsimmons | 7/3/2009 - 6:31 AM - (Suggest Removal )

You're right geegee geegee.

It is so stupid that the even have television, telephone, and radio privileges in the first place.

I know lazy people who go to jail so they can kick back, watch TV, eat, and sleep free. Jails are a joke.

Bring back making these people work. Take away the luxuries.

I must admit the prank the guys pulled is humorous though. Serves the idiot right who they tattooed, in my opinion.

W C Redux | 7/2/2009 - 11:23 PM - (Suggest Removal )

These a*****es got their priveledges revoked for a week? Wow! Good to see the punishment fits the crime! Tatoo for the rest of your life, no T.V for a week, sound fair to me. This is redicilous!!

geegee geegee | 7/2/2009 - 10:04 PM - (Suggest Removal )

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