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Two Kansas prison employees fired, six disciplined, after injured inmate was mocked
View Date:2024-12-23 12:38:17
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two employees at a Kansas prison were fired, and six others were disciplined, after accusations that they mocked and failed to help an injured female inmate.
Other inmates at the Topeka Correctional Facility said the injured inmate spent two hours crawling back to her cell after hurting herself in September, KCUR-FM reported. Inmates told KCUR that prison staff called the injured woman “fat” and “lazy,” and didn’t provide assistance because they thought she was faking.
Hours later, the inmate was hospitalized with an injured foot, and didn’t return to the prison for several weeks, the Kansas news service reported.
Kansas Department of Corrections spokesperson David Thompson said in a statement that officials take allegations of mistreatment seriously.
“We are confident that these actions represent a temporary lapse in judgment for the handful of staff that were involved and do not reflect a systemic issue at TCF or the larger correctional system,” Thompson said.
Prison staff will get training so that “employees feel empowered to challenge and report any order — including from a superior officer — that they feel is illegal, immoral, or unethical,” Thompson said.
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