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As sheriff, Hathaway found himself frequently at odds with his two former employers as police jury treasurer and as public works commissioner, the Caddo Parish Commission and the City of Shreveport, in regard to the financial cost of housing inmates at the Caddo Correctional Institute, a penal farm at Spring Ridge near Keithville in southern Caddo Parish known for a high rate of unrest and inmate escape. On May 17, 1992, deputy Darren Wayne Hill claimed serious brain injuries sustained during a riot at CCI,  now know as CCC for Caddo Correctional Center. Hill hence filed suit against Hathaway on the grounds that the sheriff was negligent in maintaining order at the facility. However, Hill never won a judgment through the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District in Shreveport because of procedural errors in his claim. Hill had sought financial relief through the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund as well as damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1999908741So2d167_1784.xml/HILL%20v.%20HATHAWAY|title=Darren Wayne HILL, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Donald HATHAWAY, Sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Defendant-appellee|date=June 16, 1999|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

As sheriff, Hathaway found himself frequently at odds with his two former employers as police jury treasurer and as public works commissioner, the Caddo Parish Commission and the City of Shreveport, in regard to the financial cost of housing inmates at the Caddo Correctional Institute, a penal farm at Spring Ridge near Keithville in southern Caddo Parish known for a high rate of unrest and inmate escape. On May 17, 1992, deputy Darren Wayne Hill claimed serious brain injuries sustained during a riot at CCI,  now know as CCC for Caddo Correctional Center. Hill hence filed suit against Hathaway on the grounds that the sheriff was negligent in maintaining order at the facility. However, Hill never won a judgment through the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District in Shreveport because of procedural errors in his claim. Hill had sought financial relief through the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund as well as damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1999908741So2d167_1784.xml/HILL%20v.%20HATHAWAY|title=Darren Wayne HILL, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Donald HATHAWAY, Sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Defendant-appellee|date=June 16, 1999|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

Originally, Sheriff Hathaway was responsible only for the jail within the courthouse in Shreveport. On April 6, 1982, however, the sheriff's department assumed full control of the penal farm from the former police jury, the predecessor of the Caddo Parish Commission. Hathaway renamed the facility the Caddo Detention Center. In time, Hathaway was overrun with the increasing number of inmates and the associated rising costs to shelter them. Hathaway said that CDC could not adequately accommodate some 375 inmates, more than two thirds of whom were blacks, with some "murderers and rapist.s" Hathaway also said the community needed adequate psychiatric services because numerous inmates were mental cases in need of medical treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2797|title=Med Center cuts affect sheriff|author=Robert Moore|date=November 18, 1982|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>Early in 1982, a 17-year-old bank robbery suspect, Jerry Anderson, leaped eight stories to his death while in custody at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. Questions arose as to whether the youth was depressed or having a seizure. The sheriff's department investigation determined that young Anderson was suicidal. The suspect was in leg chains and under guard by a private security firm, rather than a sheriff's deputy. Hathaway said the department had too few deputies to guard individual prisoners and had to hire outside assistance in such cases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/1777|title=Suspect Dies; Police Jury Asks Probe|author=Don Waitt|date=January 28, 1982|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>

Originally, Sheriff Hathaway was responsible only for the jail within the courthouse in Shreveport. On April 6, 1982, however, the sheriff's department assumed full control of the penal farm from the former police jury, the predecessor of the Caddo Parish Commission. Hathaway renamed the facility the Caddo Detention Center. In time, Hathaway was overrun with the increasing number of inmates and the associated rising costs to shelter them. Hathaway said that CDC could not adequately accommodate some 375 inmates, more than two thirds of whom were blacks, with some "murderers and rapist.s" Hathaway also said the community needed adequate psychiatric services because numerous inmates were mental cases in need of medical treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2797|title=Med Center cuts affect sheriff|author=Robert Moore|date=November 18, 1982|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=ecer 28, 2020}}</ref>Early in 1982, a 17-year-old bank robbery suspect, Jerry Anderson, leaped eight stories to his death while in custody at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. Questions arose as to whether the youth was depressed or having a seizure. The sheriff's department investigation determined that young Anderson was suicidal. The suspect was in leg chains and under guard by a private security firm, rather than a sheriff's deputy. Hathaway said the department had too few deputies to guard individual prisoners and had to hire outside assistance in such cases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/1777|title=Suspect Dies; Police Jury Asks Probe|author=Don Waitt|date=January 28, 1982|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>

On November 23, 1988, two inmates attacked the 26-year-old deputy, known only as "Mick", who was on guard at CDC in the section called "West Max" after he led a group of prisoners outside for their exercise routine. The men were taken to an area called the "bullpen", which was reinforced with razor wire to lessen the success of escape attempts. Under a dead-lock head-lock, the deputy barely escaped with his life, but security personnel came to his defense in time. The attack was touched off when the deputy told an inmate that he could not wear a blue bandana on his head, a symbol of [[gang]]s. The incident was one of numerous reported cases of violence in the CDC. Mick reported that his family safety was in jeopardy for a time because one of the inmates seized his paycheck which happened to be in his pocket. The check revealed the deputy's family address.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solafidesolachristos.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html|title=Sola Fide: The Showdown in West Max|publisher=solafidesolachristos.blogspot.com|date=December 17, 2013|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref>

On November 23, 1988, two inmates attacked the 26-year-old deputy, known only as "Mick", who was on guard at CDC in the section called "West Max" after he led a group of prisoners outside for their exercise routine. The men were taken to an area called the "bullpen", which was reinforced with razor wire to lessen the success of escape attempts. Under a dead-lock head-lock, the deputy barely escaped with his life, but security personnel came to his defense in time. The attack was touched off when the deputy told an inmate that he could not wear a blue bandana on his head, a symbol of [[gang]]s. The incident was one of numerous reported cases of violence in the CDC. Mick reported that his family safety was in jeopardy for a time because one of the inmates seized his paycheck which happened to be in his pocket. The check revealed the deputy's family address.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solafidesolachristos.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html|title=Sola Fide: The Showdown in West Max|publisher=solafidesolachristos.blogspot.com|date=December 17, 2013|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref>