A Georgia jail in which officers were captured on video beating a 41-year-old inmate in his cell is facing a lawsuit from a former sergeant who flagged excessive use of force against another inmate.
The sergeant, Jennie Sikes, was terminated earlier this year after asking for the officers to be disciplined, according to a lawsuit filed in April in the Superior Court of Camden County.
In the last two years, officers at the Camden County jail have faced multiple accusations of excessive and unnecessary force against detained inmates. Civil-rights experts who spoke with Insider said the incidents are representative of a larger trend within Georgia prisons and jails, in which violence is persistent and ongoing.
The Camden County Sheriff's Office did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
The jail, located in Woodbine, Georgia, resurfaced in the news earlier last week, with the release of disturbing video surveillance that shows multiple Camden officers beating an inmate and dragging him outside.
The inmate, Jarrett Hobbs, was detained at Camden County jail. The surveillance, released by Hobbs' attorneys and dated September 3, shows a group of officers unlocking and entering his...
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