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JeffCo corrections officer punches inmate
By panews.com- Chelsea Henderson
Published: 07/30/2015

Officer back to work after time without pay for hitting spitting inmate

Southeast Texas law enforcement agencies know a change is coming, even if they’ve stayed out of “recent events” so far.

Local police and sheriff departments are requesting larger budgets to accommodate the addition of body cameras in response to the national outcry surrounding mounting police brutality cases throughout the U.S.

The Jefferson County Correctional Facility, however, is dealing with its first clamor for transparency after a video was released showing a corrections officer repeatedly punching a handcuffed inmate this spring.

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