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| Former prison officer indicted |
| By The Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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A former captain at a private prison in Pine Prairie (La.) has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly hitting an inmate and then trying to persuade three fellow corrections officers not to cooperate in an investigation of the incident. Gilbert Self, 49, of Florien faces one count of violating civil rights and three counts of witness tampering in an indictment made public last Wednesday. He is the second officer to be charged within a year in connection with allegations of misconduct at Pine Prairie Correctional Center in Evangeline Parish, owned by Lafayette-based LCS Corrections Services. The Evangeline Parish District Attorney's Office is also investigating allegations of guards having sexual contact with inmates at another LCS facility in Acadiana, the South Louisiana Correctional Center in Basile. In the recent case, Self is accused of striking a Cuban national immigration detainee who was being held under contract for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service. Prosecutors allege that after the July 2003 attack, Self, who was a shift leader at the facility, tried to persuade three guards not to cooperate with investigators looking into the incident. LCS Vice President Richard Harbison said the company conducted an internal investigation and fired Self three days after the incident. Self, who faces up to 10 years in prison on each of the four counts he is charged with, declined to comment. He pleaded not guilty at his initial appearance last Wednesday. |
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