0:01 to a South Florida prison shocker.
0:03 Corrections officers finding themselves
0:05 on the other side of the law, accused of
0:07 a brutal beating of an inmate. Local T's
0:10 Leamon live now in West Miami Dade with
0:13 everything we need to know.
0:14 And Calvin, four of the seven
0:16 corrections officers facing charges in
0:18 this case have walked out of the jail
0:20 behind me this afternoon. None of them
0:22 have had anything to say about the
0:24 alleged crime and cover up.
0:26 >> You have anything to say about the
0:28 charges? Chantrika Clark covered her
0:30 face and distinctive red hair as she
0:32 left jail. Hey,
0:33 >> cover your face.
0:35 >> DeAndre Hill also had nothing to say on
0:38 his way out. They are just two of seven
0:40 correction staff members accused in a
0:42 plot to beat up a state inmate and
0:45 covering it up. Clark appeared in Bon
0:46 Court this morning.
0:49 >> Can you afford to hire an attorney?
0:50 >> I have one.
0:53 >> You have one?
0:54 >> She faces one count of evidence
0:57 tampering. She along with Captain Joe
0:59 Chen Angland, officers Jordi Callero,
1:02 and Tven Norman, and Sergeants Deandre
1:04 Hill, Freddy Morgan, and Richard
1:05 Jackson, who's not pictured, face
1:07 charges ranging from battery on an
1:09 inmate to failing to report a use of
1:12 force on an inmate to perjury. The
1:14 alleged incident happened back in April.
1:16 The victim, Christopher Castro, is an
1:18 inmate at Dade Correctional Institution
1:21 in Florida City. Castro was allegedly
1:23 taken from a shower to meet with
1:25 Lieutenant Clark, but was instead
1:27 brought to an area without cameras,
1:29 placed in a holding cell, and beaten
1:32 while cuffed. This is a photo of Castro
1:34 the day after he was beaten. Clark
1:36 allegedly got another inmate to clean up
1:38 the blood left behind and lied to
1:40 another lieutenant who was taking over
1:43 her shift. All but Clark and Anguin are
1:45 accused of taking part in the beating.
1:47 and all of them are accused of lying
1:49 about the day's events to investigators
1:51 and failing to report it. The Florida
1:53 Department of Corrections said in a
1:54 statement, "All of these staff members
1:56 were dismissed as quickly as
1:59 administratively possible. FDC does not
2:01 tolerate inappropriate conduct towards
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