OSSINING – Authorities charged a corrections officer at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining with misdemeanor assault and harassment as a violation.
State Police were notified in May by the prisons department of an allegation
of excessive force used by a corrections officer.
Following a joint investigation, it was discovered that prison guard Lavar Thomas, 36, of New York City, allegedly struck a male inmate several times without provocation causing minor injury. Thomas was arraigned and released on his own recognizance pending a future court appearance.
