{"id":49552,"date":"2022-04-22T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49552"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T22:12:22","slug":"alabama-prison-guard-charged-with-beating-three-inmates-with-wooden-baton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49552","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Prison Guard Charged with Beating Three Inmates With Wooden Baton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>ALABAMA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49422 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9z9fxr_7z-k-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"brown mallet on gray wooden surface\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9z9fxr_7z-k-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9z9fxr_7z-k-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9z9fxr_7z-k-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9z9fxr_7z-k.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>A federal grand jury indicted former Alabama Department of Corrections officer,\u00a0Sergeant Lorenzo Mills, 55, with assaulting three compliant inmates with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional Facility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mills is also charged with falsification of records for submitting a false written statement in connection with the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment alleges that on Oct. 25, 2020, Mills, while acting in his official capacity as a Correctional Sergeant with ADOC, subjected three inmates to cruel and unusual punishment by striking them with a wooden baton and that the assault caused bodily injury and involved the use of a dangerous weapon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment further alleges that Mills submitted a false written statement in connection with the incident. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Mills falsely wrote in his statement that he had not used any force against the three inmate victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mills faces up to 10 years in prison for each of the civil rights charges and 20 years for obstruction of justice offense, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALABAMA A federal grand jury indicted former Alabama Department of Corrections officer,\u00a0Sergeant Lorenzo Mills, 55, with assaulting three compliant inmates with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional Facility. 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