United States: prosecutors: prison supervisor ordered juveniles hog-tied

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An indictment says a former supervisor at a South Carolina juvenile prison ordered guards to hog-tie two inmates and leave them lying on their stomachs for two hours because they made too much noise.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Nicole Samples knew that the Department of Juvenile Justice specifically banned tying inmates’ legs to their arms as punishment.

The indictment against Samples also says the former DJJ lieutenant tried to get the guards to lie to investigators about what happened.

Read full article.