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| Ex-CO sentenced for assault on inmate |
| By AP |
| Published: 02/21/2005 |
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A 24-year-old former corrections officer has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for slamming a Mexican detainee's head into a wall at the Tensas Parish Detention Center in Louisiana. Federal prosecutors say Cometric Wright of Jonesville was convicted last May on two counts of civil rights violations stemming from an incident in which he violated Juan Almaraz's rights and caused bodily injury. Co-workers testified that Almaraz was handcuffed, partly incapacitated by a blast of pepper spray, and not resisting Wright when the assault occurred. Wright is no longer employed at the detention center in St. Joseph. In addition to the prison time, the U.S Attorney's Office in Shreveport says U.S. District Judge Robert James ordered Wright to pay a $344 fine. |
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