A former corrections officer with the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, Marcus Bias, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for assaulting a handcuffed inmate. Bias pleaded guilty in March to violating the civil rights of the inmate under his care. According to court documents, the incident occurred in June 2019 when Bias shoved the head of the unidentified detainee, J.W., into a metal doorframe while escorting him within the correctional facility. J.W., who was already in handcuffs and reportedly subdued after being subdued with pepper spray, suffered injuries requiring medic…
