Two Federal Bureau of Prisons Employees Charged with Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate Resulting in His Death

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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br &sol;>&NewLine; Wednesday&comma; June 7&comma; 2023<br &sol;>&NewLine; Two Federal Bureau of Prisons Employees Charged with Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate Resulting in His Death<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A federal grand jury indicted a Bureau of Prisons &lpar;BOP&rpar; lieutenant and a BOP registered nurse yesterday with violating the civil rights of an inmate by showing deliberate indifference to the inmate’s serious medical needs&comma; resulting in his death&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The indictment alleges that on Jan&period; 9&comma; 2021&comma; Lieutenant Shronda Covington&comma; 47&comma; of Chesterfield&comma; Virginia&comma; and Registered Nurse Tonya Farley&comma; 52&comma; of Chesterfield&comma; Virginia&comma; were on duty and working in their official capacities at the Federal Correctional Institution at Petersburg&comma; Virginia&period; On that day&comma; they allegedly each willfully failed to ensure that the inmate&comma; a 47-year-old man identified as W&period;W&period;&comma; was provided with necessary medical care&comma; resulting in W&period;W&period;’s death&comma; even though each knew that W&period;W&period; had serious medical needs&period; Farley is also charged with writing a false report about the incident&comma; and Covington and Farley are each charged with making false statements to federal agents about the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The civil rights charges each carry a maximum penalty of life in prison&comma; the false report charge carries a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison and each false statement charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division&comma; U&period;S&period; Attorney Jessica D&period; Aber for the Eastern District of Virginia and Special Agent in Charge Russell W&period; Cunningham of the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General &lpar;DOJ OIG&rpar; Washington Field Office made the announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DOJ OIG investigated the case&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Special Litigation Counsel Kathryn E&period; Gilbert and Trial Attorney Matthew Tannenbaum of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section and Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Thomas Garnett for the Eastern District of Virginia are prosecuting the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>An indictment is merely an allegation&period; All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Topic&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; Civil RightsComponent&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;crt&sol;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Civil Rights Division<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;crt&sol;about&sol;crm&sol;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Civil Rights &&num;8211&semi; Criminal Section<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-edva" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">USAO &&num;8211&semi; Virginia&comma; Eastern<&sol;a>Press Release Number&colon; 23-639 <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Updated June 7&comma; 2023<a href&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;opa&sol;pr&sol;two-federal-bureau-prisons-employees-charged-violating-civil-rights-inmate-resulting-his>Original Article<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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