Tag: Inmates

Former Kentucky federal corrections lieutenant sentenced to year and day

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Former Federal Bureau of Prisons lieutenant Ryan O. Elliott was sentenced Thursday to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release for assaulting one inmate and writing a false report about the assault of a second inmate. Elliott, 47, of East Point, pleaded guilty in November 2023…
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corrections officers, Crime, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Inmates, prison officials, U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy, violation of civil rights

March 15, 2024
Big Sandy inmates will receive meds for opioid use disorder

LEXINGTON — United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier IV announced last week that the federal government has reached an agreement with the Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, which operates the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, to ensure that people with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive medically appropriate treatment with any FDA-approved medication for OUD, as…
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Big sandy Regional Detention Center, Inmates, Opioid use disorder

December 13, 2023