西弗吉尼亚州前惩教官 Michael Pack 被判24个月监禁：与同僚合谋对在押人员过度使用武力
美国司法部10月30日宣布，西弗吉尼亚州 Beaver 的南区监狱（Southern Regional Jail）一名前惩教官当天被判处24个月联邦监禁，罪名与他参与合谋侵犯在押人员权利有关。
这名前惩教官名叫 Michael Pack，现年40岁。司法部称，Pack 与其他惩教官合谋，以惩罚与报复为目的，对包括审前羁押人员在内的在押人员使用不合理、不正当的武力。Pack 已于今年3月30日在联邦治安法官 Omar J. Aboulhosn 面前认罪，承认一项违反《美国法典》第18编第371条的合谋罪名。
司法部民权司负责联邦民权刑事起诉。本案的具体量刑由联邦法院在量刑听证后作出，Pack 的刑期为24个月。
Former West Virginia Correctional Officer Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Civil Rights Case
A former correctional officer from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was sentenced on October 30 to 24 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to violate inmates' rights, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Michael Pack, 40, and other correctional officers used unreasonable and unjustified force against inmates, including pretrial detainees, as a form of punishment and retaliation, according to the Justice Department. Pack pleaded guilty on March 30 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Omar J. Aboulhosn to one count of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371.
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