Former Alabama prison officer charged in assault on inmates
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A former Alabama prison officer has been indicted on federal charges of assaulting three inmates and then submitting a false statement about the incident.
Prosecutors say 55-year-old Lorenzo Mills was charged in an indictment with violating the civil rights of the men by hitting them with a wooden baton in October 2020.
He also was accused of falsely writing in a statement that he hadn’t used force against the inmates.
Mills was working as a sergeant at Draper prison in Elmore County at the time. Federal court records didn’t include the name of a defense lawyer who could speak on Mills’ behalf.
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