Ala. U.S. Attorney: Former Alabama Correctional Lieutenant Indicted for Allowing Inmate Abuse
September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release:
The Justice Department today announced that a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a two-count indictment charging former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Lieutenant Willie Burks, 39, with failing to stop a sergeant under his command from kicking and striking with a baton a handcuffed and compliant inmate at ADOC's Elmo . . .
The Justice Department today announced that a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a two-count indictment charging former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Lieutenant Willie Burks, 39, with failing to stop a sergeant under his command from kicking and striking with a baton a handcuffed and compliant inmate at ADOC's Elmo . . .