New lawsuit against Montgomery County Jail alleges severe beating

A man is demanding accountability at the Montgomery County Jail in a new lawsuit against half a dozen correctional officers after he was allegedly severely beaten by seven officers and sent to the hospital.

This 13-page suit is now the third active lawsuit naming correctional officers at the jail or others associated with it.

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The lawsuit, filed at the end of 2025, details the account of a man identified as Khalid Mustafa, who was in the final month of his six-month sentence for violating a restraining order.

The suit alleges that after a verbal altercation with a correctional officer, Mustafa was told he was to move to a different housing unit…

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