{"id":53288,"date":"2023-06-07T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T01:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53288"},"modified":"2023-06-07T18:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T01:36:31","slug":"two-federal-prison-employees-charged-with-denying-medical-care-to-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53288","title":{"rendered":"Two Federal Prison Employees Charged With Denying Medical Care to Inmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3600 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Officials stated that a federal grand jury indicted a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lieutenant and a BOP registered nurse yesterday for allegedly violating the civil rights of an inmate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The two allegedly showed deliberate indifference to the inmate\u2019s serious medical needs, resulting in his death.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The indictment alleges that on Jan. 9, 2021, Lieutenant Shronda Covington, 47, of Chesterfield, Virginia, and Registered Nurse Tonya Farley, 52, of Chesterfield, Virginia, were on duty and working in their official capacities at the Federal Correctional Institution at Petersburg, Virginia. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">On that day, they allegedly each willfully failed to ensure that the inmate, a 47-year-old man identified as W.W., was provided with necessary medical care, resulting in W.W.\u2019s death, even though each knew that W.W. had serious medical needs. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Farley is also charged with writing a false report about the incident.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Covington and Farley are each charged with making false statements to federal agents about the incident.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The civil rights charges each carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, the false report charge carries a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison and each false statement charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">DOJ OIG investigated the case.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"> Special Litigation Counsel Kathryn E. 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