Hamilton County Inmate Charles NashThe Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the eight corrections officers and three inmates involved in a brawl at the Hamilton County Jail on Nov. 27.
Three of the jailers were slightly injured when inmates began fighting and one inmate had to be shocked with a Taser, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Janice Atkinson.
Corrections officers involved in the fight were Sgt. Kelvin Pell, Cpl. Michael Hughes, Officer Charles Bowman, Officer Wesley Chambers, Officer Ryan Epperson, Officer Daniel Harden, Officer Eric Qualls and Officer Justin White, according to Atkinson.
Harden previously was placed on a one-day suspension for violating general orders for excessive force after he “roughed up” an inmate in September, according to newspaper archives.
Pell, Harden’s supervisor, also was suspended for a day because he was not immediately aware of the situation and did not intervene at the time.