Former Texas Department of Criminal Justice Officers Indicted for Beating Inmate

U.S. Newswire, October, 2007

To: STATE EDITORS

Contact: Angela Dodge of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1-713- 567-9388

HOUSTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) corrections officers have been indicted for assaulting a former inmate, covering up the assault and obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle and acting Assistant Attorney General Rena J. Comisac, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, announced today.

Eugene Morris, 39, of Hunstville, Texas, and Tracy Jewett, 35, of Huffman, Texas, both former corrections officers with the rank of Sergeant assigned to the Ferguson Unit of the TDCJ, were indicted by a federal grand jury Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. The five-count indictment, returned under seal, was unsealed today...

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