One officer allegedly dropped his knee on an inmate’s head while the prisoner was restrained. Another guard is accused of deleting video of
In June 2019, Bourget, a resident of Woodstock, Connecticut, allegedly dropped his knee on an inmate’s head while the prisoner was handcuffed and restrained in the N-3 mental health housing unit at the facility. The 39-year-old is also accused of striking the prisoner with a protective shield when the inmate was handcuffed inside a locked holding cell in the N-1 mental health housing unit, according to court documents.
Lavorato, a Wilmington, Massachusetts resident, allegedly provided false information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons when it was conducting a review of the incident. He is accused of failing to accurately report the nature and extent of the inmate’s injuries to supervisors at FMC Devens, court documents said.
