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Former West Virginia officers sentenced to decades in prison for their role in deadly inmate assault
BEAVER, WEST VIRGINIA, JUL 9 – Two former correctional officers were sentenced to 20 and 21 years in prison for assaulting inmate Quantez Burks, who died after the 2022 attack at Southern Regional Jail, prosecutors said.
- In March 2022, Quantez Burks, who had recently been detained at the Southern Regional Jail, died after being violently attacked by correctional officers.
- The assault occurred after Burks tried to leave his assigned pod, leading officers, including Mark Holdren and Johnathan Walters, to forcibly restrain and attack him in an unmonitored interview room.
- Burks was handcuffed, struck multiple times, kicked, pepper-sprayed, swung into a metal door by Walters, and dropped onto a concrete floor before emergency personnel declared him dead.
- Multiple officers pleaded guilty or were sentenced: Holdren received 20 years, Walters 21 years, Wimmer 9 years, and Toney was sentenced to 78 months for failing to intervene, with Snyder and Boothe’s sentencing scheduled for July 10 and Fleshman’s for July 14.
- The case prompted a $4 million settlement for inmates, led to high-profile firings, and highlighted a sharp rise in jail deaths, prompting continued legal and public scrutiny over SRJ conditions.
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Former officials from a correctional facility in West Virginia have been given jail sentences ranging from three years right up to over two decades, following their involvement in a deadly attack on a prisoner just three years ago, according to the prosecution. These erstwhile officers represent four out of the total eight who were found guilty in the aftermath of the tragic demise of 37-year-old inmate Quantez Burks. Furthermore, they were deep…
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Source: picture alliance / Getty Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced this week over the in-custody death of Quantez Burks. According to AP, 41-year-old Mark Holdren and 33-year-old Johnathan Walters were sentenced to 20 and 21 years in prison, respectively, in relation to Burks’ 2022 in-custody death. Holdren and Walters both pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to violate Quantez Burks’ civil rights, resul…
More former WV correctional officers get prison time for assault that killed inmate • West Virginia Watch
A sign for Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va. (Chris Jackson | West Virginia Watch)Four more former Southern Regional Jail correctional officers were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the death of an inmate in 2022. Quantez Burks, identified in Justice Department news releases by his initials, died March 1, 2022, reportedly one day after being booked in the Raleigh County, West Virginia jail on charges of wanton endangerment…
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