BATON ROUGE - An inmate who leaked internal records to the WBRZ Investigative Unit is coming forward, alleging he is now being retaliated against by the Department of Corrections.
Derrick Woodberry claims speaking out about the unsafe conditions at Elayn Hunt Correctional has landed him in grave danger.
"He is worried for his safety. He feels like they are out to kill him essentially," said Woodberry's friend, Alicia Pellegrin.
Last week, Woodberry was unexpectedly transferred to Angola, the prison he was removed from after he was violently attacked by another inmate.
In 2019, while at Angola the first time, he was attacked by another inmate, Kendall Davis, in his cell while he was sleeping. Woodberry was subsequently transferred to Hunt for his safety.
Fast forward to now and Woodberry is back at Angola with Davis, despite him being listed as his known enemy.
The Investigative Unit asked the Department of Corrections why Woodberry was transferred and the spokesperson responded "for safety and security reasons."
We followed up that response asking if safety was the reason, why was he transferred to Angola where he has known enemies?
Their response -- they looked at the list and made the "appropriate housing assignment accordingly."
The issue is Woodberry's most current documented enemies list does not have Davis' on it as older versions do.
We asked DOC about the discrepancy and were told because of pending litigation from Woodberry they could not comment.
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