Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Jail Warden Ramon Rustin Admits Evicting Detainee For Filing Complaints

On April 22, 2005, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Jail Warden Ramon Rustin directed the United States Marshals Service to remove detainee Keith Maydak from the facility. Maydak, indefinitely awaiting sentencing for a federal supervised release violation, formally lodged a Complaint to Warden Rustin. Rustin responded on May 12, 2005, by advising Maydak that the reasons for his transfer included his "continual utilization of a third party to promote meritless allegations against the jail." Rustin opined,"Since you continually voiced your displeasure with the accomodations within the Allegheny County Jail, it was deemed appropriate to place you in a federal institution whose surroundings and procedures may be more to your likening." Maydak told maydakupdate.com that, "Warden Rustin couldn't deal with my exposure of the filthy conditions in his jail which caused the death of two women."

Warden Rustin and Maydak took opposing views in media accounts of two female inmates at the Allegheny County Jail who died on March 21, 2005, from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"). The deaths and comments from Maydak were featured in various news articles. Warden Rustin suggested Maydak's "efforts were an attempt to detract Federal Authorities and gain public support relative to the criminal charges you're currently facing." However, Maydak told maydakupdate.com that he had absolutely no pending criminal charges and would be released as soon as he is afforded a hearing. U.S. Marshals moved Maydak to the privately owned Corrections Corporation of America facility at 2240 Hubbard Road, Youngstown, Ohio.

For stories about the MRSA deaths and the tortuous prison conditions at the Allegheny County Jail, link to:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_321390.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_323017.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_323981.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_323981.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_324372.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_324979.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_322295.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_324980.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_331529.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05102/486798.stm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05099/485525.stm

Contacts: Keith Maydak
maydak@miserablemail.com

Ramon Rustin, 412-350-2000
dguski@county.allegheny.pa.us