Former DC Corrections Officer Charged with a Federal Civil Rights Violation for Assaulting a Handcuffed Inmate

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department o...

December 1, 2022
2:20 AM

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer with using unreasonable force.According to court documents, former D.C. corrections officer Marcus Bias, 26, pushed a handcuffed pre-trial detainee's head into a metal doorframe while escorting him within the Department of Corrections on June 12, 2019, causing injury to the detainee.Bias faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison for his use of unreasonable force, a term of supervised release, and fines.

Hattie Francis