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| Warden: Officer terminated after beating inmate |
| By delcotimes.com |
| Published: 02/06/2004 |
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A Delaware County prison officer was fired Tuesday after an internal investigation found that he had assaulted an inmate, the prison warden said. Lt. Victor Lay was given a letter of termination from the GEO Group Inc. - formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp. - after he physically assaulted an inmate last month, said Warden Douglas Caulfield. "He used excessive force to control an inmate who was being uncooperative with (returning to his cell)," said Caulfield. "There are acceptable ways of handling such an insurgent. We do have a force continuum in place that calls for light force to be taken. But for some reason, Lay just snapped on the guy and started beating him to a pulp," he said. The identity of the inmate was not available. Caulfield said Lay was immediately suspended from his job pending an internal investigation. GEO corporate offices gave Caulfield the green light earlier this week. "We have a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior," Caulfield said. Caulfield, who could not confirm Lay's residence or salary, said questions had been raised about Lay's performance before. "I know he's had a history of questionable behavior," Caulfield said. "We've just never able to nail him down until now. We finally had other officers come forward and tell us about this." Delaware County Assistant District Attorney Joseph Brielmann said the case has not been referred to his office for review, although Caulfield said he expected that such a referral was "imminent." Since Delaware County privatized its jail operations in 1996, a series of alleged misconduct and outright crimes by correctional officers, on and off the job, have been reported. |
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