The Justice Department issued the following statement.
Three former Mississippi Department of Corrections officials were sentenced today for using excessive force against an inmate, involving the use of dangerous weapons and resulting in bodily injury.
According to court documents, on July 11, 2019, at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, Corrections Officer (CO) Jessica Hill, CO LaToya Richardson and Case Manager Nicole Moore assaulted a defenseless inmate, L.C., while L.C. was in the fetal position and not resisting in any fashion. Hill struck L.C. several times with an OC cannister and then repeatedly punched her in the head. Richardson kicked the inmate four times in the head and upper torso, and Moore kicked L.C. one time in the back of the head. Hill continued to strike L.C., who was still laying on the ground in the fetal position, until fellow prison staff intervened to stop Hill’s assault.
All three defendants previously pleaded guilty to their respective roles assaulting L.C., in violation of the inmate’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Hill was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, two years of supervised release and a $1,500 fine. Richardson was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, two years of supervised release and a $1,500 fine. Moore was sentenced to two years in prison, two years of supervised release and a $1,500 fine.
“These defendants are being held accountable for their criminal abuse of their authority by using excessive force against an inmate who was not resisting them,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Department is committed to prosecuting prison officials who violate the law and their oaths by subjecting inmates in their custody to cruel and unusual punishment.”
“Our citizens serving time for their criminal acts against the public are warranted the safety and protection from harm by correctional officers responsible for their care,” said Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the FBI Jackson Field Office. “Hill’s deliberate violation of this trust is a disservice to those in the penal system, correctional officials who are honorable in their profession and citizens in general. The FBI is committed to protecting all citizens of our community.”
The FBI Jackson Field Office investigated the case.
Trial Attorney Eric Peffley of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenda Haynes for the Southern District of Mississippi prosecuted the case.
12 comments:
The FBI's case of the century, but meanwhile the Biden Crime Family, HRC, and the rest get a free pass.
"...who was still laying on the ground in the fetal position.." Laying what? Eggs?
It's lying on the ground.
happen in 2019?
lost their jobs, but one month in jail and $1,500 fine?
waste of taxpayer money!
Goes both ways.
Let’s be honest. Most prisoners deserve few if any rights.
Also, our prison system is absolutely retarded.
Watch a YouTube video about Japanese prisons.
This “major” investigation took 4 years.
Crime is literally spiraling out of control around the FBI field office and this took 4 years to investigate, and we wonder why crimes are not solved nor prosecuted nor even investigated. Thanks Biden, thanks Garland, thanks Wray.
This will just make it harder to hire correction employees.
Didn't the prisonette strike first? Guards were forced to retaliate brutally to prevent a riot.
The prisoner that was attacked later died, so these garbage individuals only getting a couple of years is not enough. They could have simply taken her to max, but they wanted to power trip and make an example out of her.
@10:12 - I hope it discourages all the violent assholes from applying. We don’t need criminals guarding the prisons. If this discourages anyone from applying, it’s a good sign that we don’t need them.
What is 'an OC cannister?'
I bet Shad could invent charges on them.
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