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| Documents show officers violated policy on prisoner transport |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/23/2005 |
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Corrections officers violated Maryland policy governing the transport of prisoners when they seated an inmate who was twice convicted of murder - and threatened in court to kill again - at the rear of a prison bus where Philip E. Parker Jr. was strangled earlier this month, The (Baltimore) Sun reported Wednesday. The policy was disclosed in response to a Maryland Public Information Act request filed by The Sun. It says that inmates who are "identified as security risks or who require special handling" are to be "seated in the front compartment of the transport vehicle." Despite this policy, Kevin G. Johns Jr. - who has been identified by public defenders as a suspect in Parker's killing - was seated in the rear section of the bus with Parker, The Sun reported. The bus also was supposed to be checked for defects such as broken interior lights before it went out on the road. But a correctional officer on the bus has told union officials that broken interior lights prevented officers on board from seeing that there was anything wrong in the cabin. The written policies and procedures that were released Tuesday detail how correctional officers are supposed to handle the transportation of prisoners. Officers who fail to follow procedures can be disciplined. Parker was found strangled on a prison bus in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 2. He and Johns were among 35 inmates on the bus traveling from Hagerstown to Baltimore. |
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