Tag: correctional_officer

Inmate Sentenced for Armed Assault on Correctional Officer in Indian Country

8 Jul 2026 3:09 p.m. · Source: FBI

Inmate Zavius Alexander Burgess received a 71-month federal prison sentence for assaulting a correctional officer with a homemade knife in Indian Country, to be served consecutively to his current life sentences.

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Federal Jury Convicts Former Oklahoma Correctional Officer in Inmate Death

8 Jul 2026 2:40 p.m. · Source: FBI

A former Garvin County Jail deputy was convicted of civil rights violations leading to an inmate's death due to deliberate indifference to medical needs. Four other deputies and a nurse also pleaded guilty in the case.

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