{"id":55852,"date":"2024-03-26T10:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55852"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:46:08","slug":"d-c-corrections-officer-guilty-of-pushing-handcuffed-inmate-head-into-metal-doorframe-causing-serious-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55852","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Corrections Officer Guilty of Pushing Handcuffed Inmate&#8217;s Head into Metal Doorframe, Causing Serious Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>Officials stated that Marcus Bias, 27, a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections Officer, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of deprivation of rights under the color of law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bias admitted pushing a handcuffed inmate into a metal doorframe on June 12, 2019. The assault caused serious injury to the inmate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bias is now facing up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 28.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cPeople held inside our jails and prisons should never be subject to the kind of violent and unjustified assault that was carried out by this corrections officer,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThis defendant violently rammed an inmate\u2019s head into a metal doorframe while he was handcuffed and posed no threat. When jail officials violate their oath and betray the trust placed in them by abusing people in their custody, the Justice Department will investigate and prosecute these offenses and will stand up for the civil rights of the victims of these crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, the detainee, J.W., had his hands handcuffed behind his back, was suffering from the effects of O.C. spray, was surrounded by five other officers, and was not resisting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">J.W.\u2019s injuries required outside emergency medical attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Washington Field Office investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorney Anna Gotfryd of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Criminal Section, Rebekah J. 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