{"id":53518,"date":"2023-07-08T16:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53518"},"modified":"2023-07-08T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:23:34","slug":"two-former-correctional-officers-guilty-for-their-roles-in-brutal-beating-of-shackled-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53518","title":{"rendered":"Two Former Correctional Officers Guilty for Their Roles in Brutal Beating of Shackled Inmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fbi-BADGE-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fbi-BADGE-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fbi-BADGE-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fbi-BADGE.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Two former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) officers plead guilty Friday for their roles in the assault of a restrained inmate, federal officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to court documents, Randall T. Dennis, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of the inmate\u2019s civil rights and Nathan M. Cantrell, 32, pleaded guilty to four counts of obstruction of justice for attempting to cover up what happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In their plea agreements, the defendants admitted that on July 24, 2018, EKCC correctional officers assaulted a nonviolent inmate who was lying face-down, wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, and isolated in a prison shower cell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dennis admitted that he participated in the assault by repeatedly striking the inmate while he was restrained and unresisting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cantrell, who stood outside of the shower while the assault occurred, admitted that he falsified records by omitting the assault from his occurrence report and that he later lied to the supervisor assigned to investigate the incident as well as a Kentucky State Police (KSP) detective and a Kentucky Internal Investigations Branch (IIB) investigator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Four other former officers have pleaded guilty in related cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-former-eastern-kentucky-correctional-supervisors-plead-guilty-roles-assault-restrained?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">April 10<\/a>, former EKCC officer James Benish pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of civil rights based on his failure to intervene to protect the inmate, and former EKCC supervisor Randy Nickell pleaded guilty to three counts of obstruction based on his efforts to cover up the same assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On Aug. 29, 2022, former EKCC officer Jeffery Havens pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of civil rights based on his assault of the inmate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On July 11, 2022, former EKCC officer Derek Mays\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/former-eastern-kentucky-correctional-officer-pleads-guilty-covering-assault-inmate?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to four counts of obstruction of justice based on his efforts to cover up the assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dennis and Cantrell are scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11. 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Cantrell faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each charge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI, the KSP and the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet conducted the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Zach Dembo and Mary Melton for the Eastern District of Kentucky and Trial Attorney Thomas Johnson of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Criminal Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) officers plead guilty Friday for their roles in the assault of a restrained inmate, federal officials stated. 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