{"id":58096,"date":"2024-12-20T17:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T01:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58096"},"modified":"2024-12-20T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T01:40:14","slug":"former-corrections-officer-sentenced-for-falsifying-report-about-him-sexually-abusing-inmate-at-a-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58096","title":{"rendered":"Former Corrections Officer Sentenced for Falsifying Report About Him Sexually Abusing Inmate at a Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A former corrections officer of the Maury County, Tennessee, Jail was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, to five years in prison, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maury Co. correction officer indicted on federal charge after News4 investigation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tbg0Dv-Uvug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">James Stewart Justice, alias James Thomas, was previously convicted 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<figure id=\"attachment_58098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58098\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58098\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Stewart-Thomas-WSMV-e1734745088454-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Stewart-Thomas-WSMV-e1734745088454-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Stewart-Thomas-WSMV-e1734745088454-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Stewart-Thomas-WSMV-e1734745088454-850x511.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Stewart-Thomas-WSMV-e1734745088454.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Justice (formerly James Stewart Thomas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cEveryone who serves in law enforcement knows of their duty of candor,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThat duty of candor is at its highest when responding to serious allegations such as the sexual abuse of an inmate in the officer\u2019s care. The Civil Rights Division will continue to vigorously prosecute officers who disregard that duty and obstruct federal civil rights investigations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"87c12da8-0276-42a8-a1e8-17af495589ad\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Justice (formerly James Stewart Thomas) filed a false report in response to allegations of sexually abusing an inmate under his supervision at a hospital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In his report, he did the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Claimed he informed two Maury County Jail supervisors that the inmate made sexual advances toward him, which was false.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Alleged the supervisors advised him not to file a report about these supposed advances, which was also false.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Omitted later claims to investigators that he had a sexual relationship with the inmate after the inmate&#8217;s release from custody<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-2 flex gap-3 empty:hidden -ml-2\">\n<div class=\"items-center justify-start rounded-xl p-1 flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former corrections officer of the Maury County, Tennessee, Jail was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, to five years in prison, officials stated. 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