Incarcerated Organizer Airlifted to Hospital Following Attack by Prison Guards
The beatings follow a lawsuit by the Justice Department against the prison for failing to provide adequate protection from violence.
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Tensions were higher than usual at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama early on the morning of January 30. A couple of days prior, guards had attacked and choked an elderly incarcerated man, Cat Diamond, in the cafeteria under the reportedly false pretense that he had gotten in line for a second meal.
That morning, Robert Earl Council, an incarcerated organizer who is also known as Kinetik Justice, questioned Officer Griffin about the beating, witnesses said. Officer Griffin called for reinforcements and Sgt. âShakedownâ Brown, Sgt. Binder, and Officer Milton liberally maced the area.