Three guards charged over New York inmate death

June 11, 2015 00:34

A current and two former corrections officers have been charged in connection with the beating death of an inmate at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail in 2012, prosecutors said today.

It is the latest development relating to what prosecutors have called "a pervasive and deep-seated culture of violence" at what is one of the largest municipal jails in the United States.

Ronald Spear, 52, died in the early hours of December 19, 2012 after being repeatedly kicked in the head while lying face down and restrained, on the floor of a medical wing of the prison.

He had been seriously ill with kidney disease and was assaulted after getting into an expletive-fueled row with then corrections officer Brian Coll about seeing a doctor, court papers said.

Coll, 45, who is no longer a Rikers guard, and currentcorrections officer Byron Taylor, 31, were arrested by the FBI Wednesday in connection with the death and covering up the assault.

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