Shaidon Blake says he didn't threaten officers in prison, but a disciplinary report saying he did might have cost him parole. Kansas News Service reporting shows his claim of innocence has merit.

TOPEKA, Kansas — Shaidon Blake believes he should already be out of prison, and he argues a falsified disciplinary report has hurt his chances at parole and kept him locked away.

That report said Blake threatened to kill Kansas corrections officers and start a gang war, and it's being used against him when the parole board hears his case.

A records request from the Kansas News Service eventually found evidence that Blake’s claim of innocence has merit. It’s just one example of a prison disciplinary system that can be stacked against inmates when they try to fight a write up.

It was September 2020 when officers came to Blake’s cell. They said he was having a stroke, but he said he felt fine. He went to the prison’s medical center and was told he needed to go to the hospital.

He didn’t want to go, but officers said he couldn’t refuse medical care because the situation was potentially life threatening. Blake was put in a restraint chair and officers said he was verbally combative.

What happened that day has put Blake at odds with the prison system for years. Official reports said Blake harassed staff and told them that if anyone touched him, “they will f****** die. My guys will pull up on their houses.”

Blake said none of that happened and staff, who were frustrated with him...

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