Kiheem Grant attacked a guard, according to prison officials and was subsequently beaten so bad he has yet to wake up. His mother wants to know why. Thirteen were fired or resigned in the aftermath.

The violent incident saw seven guards fired, six resign, and the state said they used “excessive force.”

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These were the first details released publicly regarding Grant’s condition. It was also the first time he was publicly identified as the inmate victim in the [September 5th] assault that resulted in the termination or resignation of 13 prison officials.

  • Buffaloaf@lemmy.world
    303·
    9 months ago

    So he was on trial for aggravated robbery when he was 19. During the trial, he attacked a witness in front of the jury. Then he got more time when he attacked a prison guard. And now he tried to stab another prison guard, who then beat him so badly he might die. Grant had also been in solitary confinement for several years.

    Everything about this is fucked up.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
      223·
      9 months ago

      Turns out we actually have mechanisms to adjudicate punishment for crimes, it’s called incarceration.

      You know what is outside of that? Extrajudicial punishment by GED holding morons who are too stupid to even become a local sheriff’s deputy in Texas.

      • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, we put people in prison. And when they attack people in prison, we put them in solitary confinement, basically prison-prison. Then when they attack people from there, I’m not surprised when it ends in serious injury.

        Reading the article, it sounds like this all started when he joined a gang. Another victim of a failure of society.