{"id":55813,"date":"2024-03-18T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55813"},"modified":"2024-03-18T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:06:49","slug":"former-corrections-officer-sentenced-to-15-months-in-prison-for-sexually-abusing-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55813","title":{"rendered":"Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Sexually Abusing Inmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>Officials stated that James Stewart Justice, a former corrections officer with the Maury County, Tennessee, Jail, was sentenced to 15 months on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A federal jury previously convicted Justice of falsifying a record in a federal civil rights investigation for a report he wrote in response to allegations that he had sexually abused an inmate in his custody. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThis sentence is the result of relentless efforts by the FBI to bring to justice corrections personnel who abuse their position of trust,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Douglas S. DePodesta of the FBI Memphis Field Office. \u201cThe FBI will continue to work with our partners to ensure the physical safety and civil rights of all individuals and ensure that any public servant who abuses their authority is held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to court documents, the defendant, formerly known as James Stewart Thomas, wrote an official report for the Maury County Jail in response to allegations that he had sexually abused an inmate he had guarded in a hospital room. In contrast, the inmate recovered from major surgery. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In his report, Justice falsely claimed that he had reported to two Maury County Jail supervisors that an inmate had made sexual advances toward him while the inmate was in his custody at the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He falsely claimed that those two Maury County Jail supervisors both advised him not to write a report about the inmate\u2019s alleged sexual advances and omitted a claim he later made to criminal investigators that he had a sexual relationship with the inmate after the inmate\u2019s release from custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI Memphis Field Office and Nashville Resident Agency investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trial Attorney Kyle Boynton of the Civil Rights Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda J. 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