Newly released video shows Connecticut prison officers striking inmate before he died

Video of inmate who died at hands of correction officers in 2018 released

NEWTOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — For the first time, the public will now be able to see how a 31-year-old man died following an interaction with correction workers in a Connecticut prison. It follows an eight year-long push from his family and advocates for closure. A Hartford judge signed off on the public release of the video [...]

Newly released video shows Connecticut prison officers striking inmate before he died

A Connecticut judge has publicly released a video showing correctional officers striking an inmate multiple times and pepper spraying him before he died in 2018.

CT DOC video shows man wheezing, begging for water before his death

J’Allen Jones died in prison after more than a half-dozen corrections officers stripped him naked, placed a hood over his head, pepper-sprayed him and pinned him to a bed, according to a video that was released Friday after a lengthy court battle.  Jones, a 31-year-old Black man, can be seen on the graphic video wheezing and begging for water before he became unresponsive and a team of nurses and corrections officers began performing CPR. Althou…

CT DOC releases video 8 years after inmate death

A newly released video shows the moments leading up to the death of an inmate in Newtown in 2018.  Correction officers said J’Allen Jones started fighting them as they were moving him to the medical unit inside Garner Correctional.  A redacted version of the surveillance video was just released. In the video, you can see Jones in handcuffs walking with officers. He ends up in a cell. Officers performed CPR.   Jones later died at the hospital. He…