by Adrienne Rockenhaus
THE OFFICIAL STORY (THE LIE):
For weeks, the administration at FCI Milan has been stonewalling my requests for my disabled veteran husband, Conrad Rockenhaus’s, medical records. They sent me official emails (see below) claiming that Conrad “refused” to sign release forms and “chose not to” let me see the proof of his Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and seizures that were caused by the violent raid on September 4th on my second sanctuary home (not Conrad’s home). This raid, led by U.S. Marshal, Brett Fimbinger, was illegally executed without a warrant.
They wanted me to believe my husband was hiding something.
They wanted me to believe he was just being difficult.
THE REALITY (THE AUDIO):
It turns out, Warden Eric Rardin didn’t visit my husband at 6:30 AM because he was worried about his health. He visited him because he was terrified of a phone call he got from a Michigan Senator.
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO:
1. The “Slotkin” Factor (Political Panic)
At 0:30 in the recording, Conrad reveals exactly why the Warden of a federal prison was standing in a solitary confinement cell before breakfast:
Conrad: “He was like… ‘I got a call from Elissa Slotkin’ [Michigan Senator-elect]… and I was like, OK? I acted so nonchalant about it.”
Warden Rardin wasn’t doing rounds. He was doing damage control. He was trying to get Conrad to sign paperwork to cover the BOP’s liability before the Senator’s office called back.
2. The Lie: “He Refused to Sign”
The emails from the Executive Assistant (Dec 12 & 17) explicitly state: “Inmate Rockenhaus refused to sign a release… he has chosen not to.”
The Truth (0:35):
Conrad: “I signed like five of them already.”
Rardin: “No you haven’t.”
Conrad: “Yeah, I have.”
They are literally gaslighting a man with a brain injury, telling him he hasn’t signed forms that he has signed, just so they can delay releasing medical records that prove the U.S. Marshals beat him.
3. The Failed Blackmail Attempt (“We’ll Release EVERYTHING”)
At ~2:30, Associate Warden Mary Strassel’s “entourage” enters the cell to try a different tactic: Intimidation.
Strassel’s Team: “You realize we’re going to release EVERYTHING.”
Conrad: “Yes, I want everything released.”
Strassel’s Team: “Are you sure? Because we’re gonna release everything to the Senator and to your wife.”
The “Lol” Moment:
They thought this threat would work. They thought Conrad would be scared of them releasing records about “drugs” or “contraband” in the SHU.
But here is the irony: If there are drugs in the SHU, Conrad didn’t bring them in. The Guards did.
By threatening to “release everything,” they weren’t threatening to expose Conrad’s shame; they were threatening to expose their own staff’s trafficking network. When Conrad called their bluff (“Yes, release it”), they panicked. They couldn’t release the file because it would indict them.
4. The Accidental Dump (Why I Know Everything)
At the end of the call (3:20), I had to break the news to Conrad that the U.S. Marshals had already made a fatal mistake:
Me: “They accidentally mailed me their internal reports going back to like 2019… I have your whole medical report up until September.”
CONCLUSION:
FCI Milan is not “protecting” my husband’s privacy. They have already shown they do not care if he dies horrifically in pain from their own deliberate indifference.
They are protecting their own pensions.
- They lied about the refusal.
- They lied about the medical care.
- They tried to blackmail a torture victim.
And they failed, because they forgot that when you are telling the truth, you don’t have to be afraid of “releasing everything.”
Warden Eric Rardin: The Senator called you. Now the world is listening to you. Release the records now.
Emails:
