Former Georgia prison guard Edgar Daniel Johnson, 51, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for sexually assaulting three female inmates at the Emanuel Women\u2019s Facility in Swainsboro, Georgia; for coercing the women to help him cover up the assaults; and for making a bomb threat at Elba Island on a separate occasion, in May, 2017.<\/p>\n
In Oct. 2017, Johnson pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Georgia to three counts of willfully depriving the inmates of their Eighth Amendment rights under color of law, three counts of obstruction for coercing the women to cover up the assaults, and one count of maliciously conveying false information about explosive materials. During the plea hearing, Johnson admitted that, between Nov. 1, 2012, and Sept. 30, 2013, while he was working as a Georgia Department of Corrections prison guard at the Emanuel Women\u2019s Facility, he engaged in non-consensual vaginal intercourse, on more than one occasion, with female inmates S.A., M.A., and M.P. Johnson further admitted that each act of intercourse was against the inmate\u2019s will and violated the inmate\u2019s right under the Eighth Amendment to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, which includes the right to be free from unwanted sexual assaults. Johnson further admitted that he coerced each of the inmates to cover up the assaults.<\/p>\n
Johnson also admitted that on May 3, 2017, in an unrelated matter, he used a cellular telephone to call Southside Fire in Chatham County, Georgia, and falsely report a bomb threat at Elba Island. Johnson admitted that at the time he called in the bomb threat, he maliciously conveyed the threat even though he knew the threat to be false.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis defendant abused his legal authority to prey on vulnerable women who had been entrusted to his care,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore. \u201cThe Civil Rights Division is committed to protecting the rights of all individuals, and will hold law enforcement officers who violate the law accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one is above the law, and the criminal actions of this former prison guard compel a strong rebuke. Anyone who chooses to prey on others under color of official right should expect federal prosecution and jail,\u201d said United States Attorney Bobby L. Christine.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorrections officials have a difficult and important job, but we cannot allow them to abuse their authority and assault the very people they are charged with supervising,” said J.C. Hacker, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “The FBI will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the many corrections officials who do their job every day, maintaining order and respecting the law.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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