On January 24, 2024, a former BOP Lieutenant previously assigned to the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy (USP Big Sandy) in Inez, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of conspiracy to deprivation of rights under color of law. Terry Melvin pleaded guilty to an Information filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky. According to the factual statement in support of the guilty plea, from in or about early 2021 to in or about March 2022, Melvin conspired with members of leadership of USP Big Sandy to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate inmates in the free exercise and enjoyment of the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Also, from on or about April 13, 2021, Melvin willfully deprived an inmate of rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by assaulting the inmate in the lieutenants’ office without legal justification. Melvin retired from the BOP during the OIG investigation. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Lexington Locale and the FBI.
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