A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted the former warden of the troubled Cuyahoga County Jail and two corrections officers, .
Prosecutors accused former warden Eric J. Ivey of ordering an officer to turn off his body camera during an incident involving the death of an inmate. Yost鈥檚 office accused Ivey of lying to investigators about the incident.
Ivey has been charged with tampering with evidence, a felony, and falsification, a misdemeanor.
The grand jury also indicted corrections officers John Wilson and Jason A. Jozwiak.
Yost鈥檚 office accused Wilson of hitting an inmate in the head, knocking out his teeth and sending one tooth into his nasal cavity. Wilson has been charged with felonious assault and misdemeanor counts of unlawful restraint and interfering with civil rights.
Prosecutors said Jozwiak prevented a nurse from caring for the injured inmate, who sat in a restraint chair. The inmate had a broken nose and teeth and needed facial reconstructive surgery, Yost鈥檚 office said.
Wilson is a member of the Special Response Team, a group referred to by inmates as the 鈥渕en in black,鈥� according to . The report found that inmates made a 鈥渟trong and consistent allegation of brutality鈥� and 鈥渃ruel treatment鈥� by the SRT.
The report also accused Ivey of punishing inmates in restrictive housing by giving them insufficient food.
The county later because he violated county policy by supervising for a time his wife鈥檚 supervisor at the jail, a county spokeswoman said.
This is the latest round of indictments from an investigation into the jail and administration of County Executive Armond Budish. Prosecutors have also charged , and members of Budish鈥檚 administration.
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