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A recently unsealed federal indictment alleges Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, on multiple occasions, had county inmates placed in restraint chairs for several hours in violation of their constitutional rights. He turned himself in today.
The incidents described in the indictment all took place in 2020 and each inmate claims being strapped in the chair for hours caused physical pain and resulted in bodily injury.
The Clayton County Sheriff s Office has an Inmate Restraint Chair policy, according to court records, that was approved by Hill. It reads: a restrain chair may be used by Security staff to provide safe containment of an inmate exhibiting violent or uncontrollable behavior and to prevent self-injury, injury to others or property when other control techniques are not effective.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill indicted for alleged civil rights abuses
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CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - A federal grand jury indicted Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill for alleged civil rights abuses to detainees in Clayton County Jail.
Hill faces several charges, FOX 5 has confirmed. FOX 5 s Aungelique Proctor has learned the indictment cites the sheriff s office s use of restraint chairs against four inmates. The indictment also alleges the sheriff ordered his employees to use excessive force at the jail last year.
Hill released a response to the allegations on Tuesday.
Clayton County, Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill indicted for allegedly strapping detainees to a chair
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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2005, file photo, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, left, is flanked by a member of his legal team, attorney Rolf Jones, right, as he speaks during a news conference, in Jonesboro, Ga. The Atlanta-area sheriff, Hill, is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency s custody by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair and left there for hours, according to a federal indictment. The indictment against Sheriff Hill was filed April 19, 2021, and was unsealed by a federal judge Monday, April 26. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)AP
JONESBORO — Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been indicted on federal charges of allegedly violating inmates civil rights at the Clayton County jail.