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Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal charged in federal court with civil rights violations
http://theadvocate.com/news/1513889...in-federal-court-with-civil-rights-violations
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and one of his top officials on conspiracy and civil rights violations for their alleged involvement in beatings inside the parish jails chapel, incidents that already have netted guilty pleas from eight other employees who admitted to their roles in the abuse.
Investigators with the FBIs Lafayette Resident Agency accuse Ackal and Savoy of conspiring with other deputies to assault five pretrial detainees during an April 29, 2011, shakedown. Deputies who have pleaded guilty attested in court that supervisors instructed them to take the men to the jail chapel, where there were no security cameras, to be punished by force.
Former Iberia Sheriffs Office employee joins five others in guilty pleas related to inmate beatings in jail chapel
http://theadvocate.com/news/1499192...s-in-guilty-pleas-related-to-inmate-beatings-
The only place in the Iberia Parish jail without a surveillance camera was its chapel, where five men have now admitted a number of inmates were beaten, with the accused admitting to either using their batons or watching other deputies engage in the assaults.
The admissions came to light Thursday when plea documents were filed into the public court record two days after a closed-door hearing in U.S. District Court in Lafayette.
At least four of the five current and former Iberia Parish Sheriffs Office employees who pleaded guilty to their roles in the beatings agreed to cooperate with future investigations in exchange for their immunity from additional charges, according to the plea agreements.
http://theadvocate.com/news/1513889...in-federal-court-with-civil-rights-violations
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and one of his top officials on conspiracy and civil rights violations for their alleged involvement in beatings inside the parish jails chapel, incidents that already have netted guilty pleas from eight other employees who admitted to their roles in the abuse.
Investigators with the FBIs Lafayette Resident Agency accuse Ackal and Savoy of conspiring with other deputies to assault five pretrial detainees during an April 29, 2011, shakedown. Deputies who have pleaded guilty attested in court that supervisors instructed them to take the men to the jail chapel, where there were no security cameras, to be punished by force.
Former Iberia Sheriffs Office employee joins five others in guilty pleas related to inmate beatings in jail chapel
http://theadvocate.com/news/1499192...s-in-guilty-pleas-related-to-inmate-beatings-
The only place in the Iberia Parish jail without a surveillance camera was its chapel, where five men have now admitted a number of inmates were beaten, with the accused admitting to either using their batons or watching other deputies engage in the assaults.
The admissions came to light Thursday when plea documents were filed into the public court record two days after a closed-door hearing in U.S. District Court in Lafayette.
At least four of the five current and former Iberia Parish Sheriffs Office employees who pleaded guilty to their roles in the beatings agreed to cooperate with future investigations in exchange for their immunity from additional charges, according to the plea agreements.