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Clayton County, Ga., Sheriff Victor 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. Hill is seen here in 2005. Gene Blythe / AP
A Georgia sheriff has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, including charges that he approved a policy to use chair restraints.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill faces four charges that he deprived detainees of the right to due process and freedom from use of unreasonable force by law enforcement, amounting to punishment. The offenses caused physical pain and resulted in bodily injury to the four detainees during incidents described in the court documents.
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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.
Georgia Sheriff Indicted On Federal Charges That He Used Restraint Chair To Punish
By Laurel Wamsley
April 27, 2021
A Georgia sheriff has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, including charges that he approved a policy to use chair restraints.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill faces four charges that he deprived detainees of the right to due process and freedom from use of unreasonable force by law enforcement, amounting to punishment. The offenses “caused physical pain and resulted in bodily injury” to the four detainees during incidents described in the court documents.
The indictment, dated April 19, was unsealed Monday. It says Hill regularly received training that force may not be used as punishment.
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