More than two dozen Baltimore corrections officers were indicted Tuesday on at least 200 charges that they used excessive force on prisoners at state-operated jails in the city, authorities said. The 25 indicted officers are accused of threatening and assaulting detainees at correctional facilities, as well as tampering with evidence and falsifying documents, said Maryland State Attorney Marlilyn Mosby, whose office secured the indictments. They were members of a tactical unit with a paramilitary command structure and were operating inside four Baltimore detention facilities. Mosby said the officers used violence and intimidation to “maintain its dominance and its operational territory” inside the jails. The indicted officers face a total of 236 counts and have been on administrative leave since 2018, when the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services began investigating allegations, according to Maryland Corrections Secretary Robert Green.

Source: Fox News December 04, 2019 00:33 UTC