Cameras Down: Questions at Bossier Max
Former inmate says he was assaulted, but surveillance cameras were not operating
BOSSIER PARISH, La. (KSLA) - A former inmate at Bossier Maximum Facility in Plain Dealing said he was assaulted inside the facility, but when KSLA requested video from that night, the cameras in that area were not operating.
Caden Greene said what started as a normal day quickly turned in the early morning hours of March 3, 2025. Greene said he was working in the kitchen for about five months before the incident happened.
“He came up behind me, I was so startled and discombobulated when he snatched me up and put me in a full nelson,” Greene said.
Greene said the incident was unprovoked.
“I felt it was just like a snatch, just jerked me up into a full nelson, and it kind of poked my back out, and that’s when I felt his penis,” Greene said.
Deputy terminated, charged
The deputy Greene referred to is Flavio Cesar Rodarte. According to documents requested from the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office, Rodarte was hired in September of 2024.
“Right after he walked out, man, I was in tears, my neck, my back was hurting me. They got an officer that come in there and was asking, ‘What’s wrong and what’s going on?’” Greene said.
In the administration remedy procedure report recounting the incident, Greene told another deputy: “I’ve been in and out of jail for a long time, but I never had anything like this happened to me before. I real life am in fear for my life. I never felt so violated.”
“The next five months of my time was so hard. With people misrepresenting. Doing what he did to me. The jokes. It was so bad that if I didn’t love my freedom, and love my family, and had a son to come home to that I haven’t seen in seven years, I would probably still be in there right now,” Greene said.
Records show Rodarte was fired 10 days after the incident and was charged with simple assault. He pleaded not guilty, then changed his plea to guilty and was ordered to pay a fine.
Camera malfunction
Greene said there were cameras in the kitchen at the time of his assault.
“Everybody said the same thing. When we spoke with internal affairs, all our stories matched. Because why? It’s the truth. There is video footage,” Greene said.
In an email, the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office said “due to equipment malfunctions, none of the cameras were in operation on 3/3/25.”
But Greene said he was told the cameras were in fact working.
No maintenance records
An open records request was sent to the sheriff’s office asking for maintenance logs, repair logs, service records, and work orders related to the video surveillance camera system at Bossier Max from March 1-30, 2025.
The sheriff’s office responded that it does not possess any records of this nature because the facility is owned by the Bossier Parish Police Jury.
In a separate records request to the police jury asking for surveillance footage and camera outage information for that day, the police jury responded with multiple documents about the camera system, but none of the pages answered the question of how long the cameras were down, or why.
The police jury told KSLA they are unable to provide the information for the request. They confirmed the camera system went down for a period of time and made repairs to get the system back up and running.
“Being that this is such a high-profile situation, they are worried about their face card, but what about my face card? What about me? What I want out of this? I want justice,” Greene said.
KSLA reached out to Rodarte multiple times. He declined to comment.
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