According to the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the former sheriff of a county in suburban Atlanta was given an 18-month sentence in federal prison for violating prisoners’ civil rights.
In October 2022, Victor Hill, the former sheriff of Clayton County, was found guilty on six counts relating to occurrences in which it was alleged by the prosecution that he gave orders for detainees to be strapped into restraint chairs and left there for hours.
In jails and hospitals, restraint chairs are occasionally employed to keep people from hurting themselves or others. According to court filings, Hill’s commands “caused physical pain and resulted in bodily injury to the captives.
Hill was given an 18-month prison term, six years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service on Tuesday by US District Judge Eleanor Ross.
Drew Findling, the defense counsel, claimed following the sentencing that the Department of Justice had pursued Hill as a “shiny object” rather than addressing more significant problems with the prison system, like solitary confinement.
“The fact that he has been singled out, to us, still remains somewhat of a disgrace,” Findling said. He added he plans to appeal the case.
According to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Hill was sentenced about two years after he was indicted on federal civil rights charges for ordering his employees at the Clayton County Jail to restrain pretrial detainees for an excessive amount of time in four separate incidents in 2020.
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On the counts, he had entered a not-guilty plea.
Hill was chosen as the sheriff of Clayton County for the first time in 2004 but failed to win reelection four years later. He was first reelected in 2012 to keep his job and most recently won without any challengers in 2020. Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, suspended him from his office following the indictment.
Hill as sheriff has not been without controversy, aspiring to the image of a tough-on-crime administrator who activists and critics have felt has abused his powers. On his first day in office in 2005, he fired 27 deputies and escorted them out of their building as snipers were positioned outside, according to CNN affiliate WSB. Courts intervened and the deputies were later reinstated.
In 2013, he was acquitted on more than two dozen charges alleging he had used the office for personal gain, according to WSB.
In 2015, Hill fired a pistol that struck and wounded a friend at her workplace in Gwinnett County, according to CNN affiliate WXIA. The victim told authorities the shooting was accidental, and Hill continued his tenure as sheriff.
The Clayton County Sheriff’s Department was involved in an incident involving excessive force in 2020, and the department claimed Hill had asked for an internal review of the event. Shortly after, the deputy in question was let go.
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