DIRTY PROTEST KILLER SLICED OFF HIS OWN DICK
A DEATH row inmate hacked off his cock with broken glass in his prison cell after he was refused a special food package by guards.
Henry Eugene Hodges, 56, embarked on the shocking act of self- harm at Riverbend Maximum Security Jail in Tennessee after being denied the perk.
Hodges was eligible to receive the parcel for six months’ good behaviour. But he ordered the package after just five months of an unblemished record and is said to have flown into a rage after he was denied it.
That sparked a dirty protest by Hodges, who smeared shit all over his cell, then he slit his wrists and was taken to the prison infirmary.
He later severed his manhood during a two- hour self- harm session using broken window shards and razor blades he’d hid.
Hodges’ penis was later reattached by surgeons. It’s unclear how successful that operation has been as the cock was “in a hell of a state”.
He was convicted of the strangulation and robbery of Nashville phone repairman Ronald Bassett in 1990. That saw him handed a death sentence in 1992.
Stabbing
Later, he was convicted of a separate murder in Fulton County, Georgia, for the killing of a North Carolina chemical engineer Michael Whisnant in an Atlanta hotel.
The known killer also received another life sentence in 1992 after pleading guilty to the stabbing of Inglewood nurse Barry McDonald in 1989. Reports at the time of the murders claimed the crimes were connected to his repressed homosexuality and a deep desire to seek revenge after he was sexually abused as a child.
Hodges, who is bipolar, denies he is gay, despite reports of bumming men up the arse.
Hodges is said to have been a gay rent boy in Nashville during his 20s who dazzled locals with his hunky looks – but who subsequently developed a reputation for violent behaviour, leading local gay bars to warn prospective lovers off him.
His attorney Kelley Henry plans to file a complaint in state court alleging violations of Hodge’s constitutional rights.
“He needs competent mental health care,” she said.