Jury finds corrections officer guilty of violating inmate's civil rights

[breadandwater]

WOW!!! i can say i am not suprised, funny admin is always willing to believe an inmates statement over staff... I thought that was only at my facility

[kenyatta276]

Has anyone thought that maybe she is guilty? She was found guilty at trial afterall, just like everyone else in prison. To automatically discount this fact means you would have to do the same for all the rest. Is anyone ready to do this?

I notice alot of claims that this person or that person lied. An FBI Agent lied? Really? What would be their incentive to do this? Is there an FBI Agent out there who wants SO badly to put a correctional officer in jail that they would perjure themself on the stand to do it? Again, to what benefit for the one who is lying? Are they that bored in their job? Maybe there's just so little crime out there that they just had all this extra time to put an officer behind bars?

I believe in the justice system and to just make calous allegations that "The FBI lied" sounds too much like the excuses made by felons everyday.

[plyguard72]

Kenyatta, As I read you post (1), yes just one post, I can see you are just someone trying to steer this thread into a bickering bash. Do not bother replying because I have no intentions reading your comments.

[thehats00]

Plyguard, Thank you. My initial response was to throw a lot of info on here to disprove Ken's theories, however, I'll save that for a later post. To Kenyatta, God be with you and if you are a CO, I will only say that if anything similar happens to you, good luck. The the rest of the upstanding and non-corrupt officers.... God Bless and stay safe.

[topcat]

Unless you know the officers in this case, and have read transcrips, and know of all the BS going on at the Coleman institution. Guilty doubtful, railroaded, scape goat YES. Before making comments about guilty, watch the other cases in the future. This officer had a legal defense that was way above their head. The legal comment was made by a lawyer that is also following the case.

[Crosstimbers Okie]

Will the FBI and OIG lie to win? Hell yes they will lie to win. The law allows them to lie in order to obtain evidence, which they do all the time or else they would rarely make a case. They are supposed to stop lying when they get into court though. If they did or not I have no way of knowing.

The prosecutor will lie, I mean slant the evidence their way to get an indictment--to win. http://forums.prisonofficer.org/fcc-...4-cowboys.html A group of Leavenworth staff found out first hand that an OIG Agent will lie to win. He did lie, but he didn't win. The jury saw through it.

Life, especially the part spent dealing with the government, is never so simple as innocent or guilty, truth or lies, right or wrong. It's about winning or surviving the predators. Predators come in all shapes and sizes, and they play on all of the teams--government or criminal.

[BlackJack]

Originally Posted by kenyatta276

Has anyone thought that maybe she is guilty? She was found guilty at trial afterall, just like everyone else in prison. To automatically discount this fact means you would have to do the same for all the rest. Is anyone ready to do this?

I notice alot of claims that this person or that person lied. An FBI Agent lied? Really? What would be their incentive to do this? Is there an FBI Agent out there who wants SO badly to put a correctional officer in jail that they would perjure themself on the stand to do it? Again, to what benefit for the one who is lying? Are they that bored in their job? Maybe there's just so little crime out there that they just had all this extra time to put an officer behind bars?

I believe in the justice system and to just make calous allegations that "The FBI lied" sounds too much like the excuses made by felons everyday.

You believe in a broken system that allows those who can't afford a good defense to go to jail while those who can get probation. You also believe in a system that is terribly biased, allows prosecutors to go on blind manhunts, and sweeps their mistakes under the rug. I wonder if you've ever studied the law based on your last sentence. If you have, then you're blind and you don't want to see that it's (the law) flawed and in serious need of reform.

[Cut-67]

It is late so I will be brief about this. First of all it is the BOP's responsibilty to protect both Staff and inmates. If Inmate Delano did indeed assault Officer Sharma I am sure she wrote an incident report on him. At that time the BOP had a duty to remove Officer Sharma from that post immediately so she would not retaliate against the inmate and to not put her in further harm in the future from him. They should have been made separatees at that point. Was this done? According to the transcript Officer Sharma was responible for all that they considered wrong in SHU. Now I have read that her title was Senior Officer which if that is true she was a GS7 Officer. When you are hired into the BOP it is at a GS5 level and you Get your 6 and 7 automatically after so long. It is a non competive position. GS8 and above are competitive positions. The way the media put it she had a lot of authority for just a 7 officer. I mean she let inmates yell through pipes, pass kites to each other(except McCullah whom she personally passed his notes), allowed Hooch making ( takes a lot of ketchup for that doesn't it?) But when she wanted an inmate assaulted she had to go to a GS11 Lt. Yes Kenyatta she was found guilty but the whole thing stinks to high heaven and we should be up in arms about this. But rest assure when she gets to her institution she will be treated like any other inmate. Our job is not to judge them or punish them but to make sure they do their time as the courts ordered. Its not personal its our job and their is nothing wrong about defending one of our own especially one that was convicted under questionable circumstances. Will comment further tomorrow... Goodnight

[depcampbell]

Originally Posted by kenyatta276

Has anyone thought that maybe she is guilty? She was found guilty at trial afterall, just like everyone else in prison. To automatically discount this fact means you would have to do the same for all the rest. Is anyone ready to do this?

I notice alot of claims that this person or that person lied. An FBI Agent lied? Really? What would be their incentive to do this? Is there an FBI Agent out there who wants SO badly to put a correctional officer in jail that they would perjure themself on the stand to do it? Again, to what benefit for the one who is lying? Are they that bored in their job? Maybe there's just so little crime out there that they just had all this extra time to put an officer behind bars?

I believe in the justice system and to just make calous allegations that "The FBI lied" sounds too much like the excuses made by felons everyday.

I think Kenyatta276 is lost? What is that Hug-A-Thug web site for prison familys? Prison something . com
I would bet that they would love to hear what you have to say about this case over there. Maybe you can all get together and bash on how lazy, bad, dumb and mean C/O's are. But please dont bring that crap here.
Thanks much,
THE CAMBULANCE

[Cut-67]

How do an inmate make hooch in shu? Continually? Inmates are moved from their cells almost daily for one reason or another. Recreation, Showers every other night except weekends, Visits, Law library, DHO, Haircuts, to see a nurse or doctor etc. When these inmates are out of the cell the cell is shook down. Hooch has its own distinctive disgusting odor and it takes days to make. You also need something larger than the cups we give them to put it in and it needs to be capped. Surely they are not getting containers in shu large enough to hold and cap hooch. If so surely Officer Sharma could not have authorized or orchestrated all of this. Also As I said in my previous post Seg is very busy with other staff making rounds. Another irrelevant point made to the jurors unless they proved that it was Officer Sharma alone who allowed this. Also it was stated the FBI agent said she admitted to taking him extra clothing. Why? An inmate gets a clean set every other night. The more I read about this the worse it gets. Also the word Prison Guard should be abloshished in a court room and by the media. The positions title is Correctional Officer. When a Police Officer is addressed by either of of these parties they are not called gumshoes, flatfoots, pigs, 5.0, johnny law, beat cops, custodians or anything else. They are addressed as Police Officer or Officer. To presesnt to the Jury the term Prison Guard only prejudice them of what they have seen in the movies or old westerns about some corrupt uncouth person who's position has gone to their head. Believe me that term is a serious strike against any C.O. trying to defend themselves in a court of law.