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NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Violating PA Inmate's Constitutional Rights: USDOJ NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Violating PA Inmate's Constitutional Rights: USDOJ
NJ Corrections Officer Charged With Violating PA Inmate's Constitutional Rights: Usdoj A 35-year-old former Pennsylvania prison guard has been charged with violating an inmate's constitutional rights for several offenses, authorities said. Ivory S. Cousins, of West Deptford, NJ, allegedly ignored the inmate's significant injuries from an assault by other inmates, pepper sprayed him, helped another inmate to steal from him, and obstructed the investigation of what happened to him, according to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero Cousins was a correctional officer employed by the Philadelphia Department of Prisons in August 2019. While on duty at the Curran-Fromhold Correct…

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Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison
Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison A 33-year-old Philadelphia Corrections Officer was federally charged with trafficking as much as $69,000 in drugs and smuggling cell phones into a prison, authorities announced. A 36-year-old inmate and his 42-year-old girlfriend -- both of Philadelphia -- were charged as co-conspirators in the seven-count indictment, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. Officer Haneef Lawton, inmate Kernard Murray and Charene Stallings were charged with one count of conspiracy, two counts of federal program bribery, and distribution (and possession with intent to distri…

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