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| Inmate beaten while strapped in restraining chair |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/21/2004 |
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Tarrant County (Texas) officials are investigating the beating of a suicidal inmate who was strapped to a chair by another prisoner who'd slipped into his isolation cell. Brady Hicks Jr. suffered cuts and bruises to his head and face last month after fellow Tarrant County Jail inmate Leslie Wardwell put him in a headlock and punched him for 30 seconds, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in last week's editions. The sheriff's department began investigating the May 9 incident this month after the newspaper inquired about it. Hicks was placed in a restraining chair with hooks and straps that secured his arms and legs after he tried to hang himself with a towel in his cell. Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said he believes human error led to the incident. The jailer could be disciplined if the investigation finds he violated department policies. Hicks, 38, was jailed on a sexual assault charge. At the time of his suicide attempt, he was being held in a cellblock for difficult inmates after he allegedly directed racial slurs at minority inmates. He is now in a cellblock for inmates requiring routine medical treatment. Wardwell, 48, was being held on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He previously had attacked another inmate, officials said. The sheriff's department has asked prosecutors to file additional charges against him in the attack. |
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