On October 6, 2022, a BOP Captain’s Secretary assigned to the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy (USP Big Sandy) in Inez, Kentucky, was charged via superseding Indictment with three counts of civil rights violations, three counts of falsifying a document with intent to obstruct a federal investigation, and one count of providing a false statement to federal agents. Clinton Pauley was indicted in the Eastern District of Kentucky. According to the superseding Indictment, on or about April 29, 2021, Pauley willfully deprived an inmate of rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by assaulting the inmate in the lieutenants’ office, and falsified a document with intent to obstruct the investigation of the assault by writing an internal memorandum intended to cover up the assault of the inmate. Also according to the superseding Indictment, on or about March 26, 2021, Pauley willfully deprived another inmate of rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by assaulting the inmate while being escorted away from the lieutenants’ office, and falsified a document with intent to obstruct the investigation of the assault by writing an incident report intended to cover up the assault of the inmate. Furthermore, according to the superseding Indictment, on or about March 30, 2021, Pauley willfully deprived a third inmate of rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by assaulting the inmate in and between a housing unit and the special housing unit, and falsified a document with intent to obstruct the investigation of the assault by writing an incident report intended to cover up the assault of the inmate. The superseding Indictment further alleges that, on or about May 4, 2022, Pauley provided false statements to the OIG and FBI during an interview. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Lexington Domicile Office and the FBI.
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