KENTUCKY ( FOX 56 ) — A former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex sergeant was convicted on federal charges Thursday.
The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury convicted Sgt. Eric L. Nantell , 47, in a brutal abuse and cover-up that happened at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in July 2018.
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“The jury’s verdict closes the book on an unfortunate chapter at this correctional center,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “All seven officers who participated in the brutal assault of an inmate or the coordinated cover-up that followed have now been brought to justice. The Justice Department will continue to hold law enforcement accountable for unlawful behavior that deprives those in our jails and prisons of their civil and constitutional rights.”