Prison guards reported decapitated inmate was alive, California corrections inspection finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two California prison guards falsely reported that a decapitated inmate was still alive, according to a new report from the State Office of the Inspector General. The incident was one of several detailed in a semiannual report describing discipline in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The report described the decapitation and its aftermath as an example in which staff, internal investigators and attorneys allegedly mishandled their responsibilities.
According to the report, one inmate decapitated another inmate in a cell that the two shared. The report does not specify what prison this incident occurred at, or when it occurred. “Two officers conducted counts and, even though an incarcerated person was dead, allegedly falsely reported in their documentation that they observed the decapitated incarcerated person alive. A third officer and a fourth officer allegedly did not report that they had each observed the first two officers fail to properly conduct the counts,” according to the report.
According to the report, the first officer allegedly lied during his Office of Internal Affairs interview, and the special agent in charge of the investigation did not interview several key witnesses, nor did the agent investigate whether officers appropriately placed the two incarcerated people together in a cell.
Later, the report says prison administrators “delayed conducting the investigative and disciplinary findings conference, delayed serving disciplinary actions on the officers, and entered into settlement agreements that reduced the penalties without identifying any new evidence, flaws, or risks that would have justified the reductions,” according to the report.
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