前监狱看守被联邦陪审团定罪：在押人员死亡的民权案，同案另5人已认罪
美国俄克拉荷马州加文县 Pauls Valley 的加文县监狱前拘留看守 Paula Kelley 民权案，由联邦陪审团于2026年6月12日裁定罪名成立；司法部于6月15日公布这一结果，本稿按官方发布日归档。Kelley 被裁定一项违反《美国法典》第18编第242条的罪名成立。
据审判查明的事实，Kelley 值班时得知候审在押人员 Kayla Turley 有严重医疗需求，明知并亲眼看到其状况，却故意不采取任何合理措施缓解其需求。由于 Kelley 与其他监狱工作人员的不作为，Turley 遭受身体伤害并最终死亡。Kelley 面临最高终身监禁与最高25万美元罚款，尚未判刑。
同案另有5人已认罪：4名前看守 Jennifer Baxter、Vincent Matthews、Alesha Ingram、Melissa Melton 与1名前监狱护士 Lynsee Noel，各自面临最高10年监禁与最高25万美元罚款。其中 Baxter 与 Noel 还承认，在其他在押人员因 Turley 呼救而烦躁、进而殴打她时，未能出手制止。
本案由联邦调查局俄克拉荷马城外勤办公室侦办，由西俄克拉荷马区联邦检察官办公室与司法部民权司刑事科起诉。
Former Jail Deputy Convicted by Federal Jury in Civil Rights Case Over Detainee's Death; Five Others Pleaded Guilty
A federal jury convicted Paula Kelley, a former detention deputy at the Garvin County Jail in Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, on June 12, 2026, in a civil rights case; the Department of Justice announced the verdict on June 15, and this story is archived by the announcement date. Kelley was convicted of one count of violating 18 U.S.C. section 242.
As established at trial, Kelley was on duty when she learned that pretrial detainee Kayla Turley was facing serious medical needs. Despite knowing and observing those needs, she willfully failed to take any reasonable steps to address them. Because of the failure to act by Kelley and other jail staff, Ms. Turley suffered bodily injury and ultimately died. Kelley faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000; she has not yet been sentenced.
Five others in the case previously pleaded guilty: former detention deputies Jennifer Baxter, Vincent Matthews, Alesha Ingram and Melissa Melton and former jail nurse Lynsee Noel, each facing a maximum of ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Baxter and Noel also pleaded guilty to failing to intervene when other inmates assaulted Ms. Turley after becoming frustrated with her cries for help.
The case was investigated by the FBI's Oklahoma City Field Office and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma and the Criminal Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于美国俄克拉荷马州加文县的加文县法院（资料照片），案发监狱在该县 Pauls Valley。Crimsonedge34 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Garvin County Courthouse in Garvin County, Oklahoma (file photo); the jail at issue is in Pauls Valley in the county. Photo by Crimsonedge34, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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