Former Prison Officer Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Inmates

A former corrections officer at the Southern Regional Jail has pleaded guilty for conspiring against inmates’ rights.  

Former officer Nathaniel Pack admitted to a conspiracy in which he and other correctional officers used unreasonable force against inmates, including pretrial detainees, as a form of punishment and retaliation.  

As part of this conspiracy, Pack and his co-conspirators would bring the inmates to “blind spots” in the jail – areas that were not captured on surveillance cameras – so that they could assault the inmates without being recorded and thus avoid being held accountable for their actions.  

A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice details instances in which Pack and other former officers used an interrogation room “blind spot” to assault four different pretrial detainees while they were handcuffed and not a threat.  

Pack admitted that he and his co-conspirators prepared false reports in which they denied using unreasonable force and failed to document injuries so that the conspirators would not be investigated or held accountable for their actions.    

Sentencing will be held on Dec. 4. According to his plea agreement, Pack faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.  

Eight former officers from the same jail were convicted and sentenced last year in the 2022 beating death of Quantez Burks.