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NJ Corrections Officer Admits Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent NJ Corrections Officer Admits Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent
NJ Corrections Officer Admits Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent UPDATE: A now-former senior correctional police officer at a New Jersey youth facility admitted punching a handcuffed inmate from behind while colleagues held him and then lying about it, authorities announced Tuesday. Jason Parks, 43, of Gibbstown, admitted he hit the inmate twice in the head while his arms were handcuffed behind him at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Burlington County on Feb. 19, 2019, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Dec. 20. “The inmate was being held by two other correctional police officers and facing away from Parks at the time,” Platki…

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NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent
NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Sucker-Punching Handcuffed Delinquent A senior correctional police officer at a state youth facility in Burlington County punched a handcuffed inmate twice, knocking his head against a wall, while colleagues were holding him, authorities charged. Two other officers at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown were holding the inmate with his back turned when Jason Parks, 40, of Gibbstown, struck him twice in the head this past Feb. 19, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. “The force of the blows knocked the inmate’s head against a wall,” Grewal said, noting that the “use of force under th…

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by Jerry DeMarco