DC corrections officer sentenced to more than 3 years behind bars for assaulting inmate

A former D.C. corrections officer was sentenced to more than three years behind bars Friday for assaulting a handcuffed inmate by ramming the inmate’s head into a metal door frame in 2019.

Marcus Bias, 28, was handed down a sentence of 42 months in prison followed by 24 months of supervised release.

Bias previously pleaded guilty in March and had initially been accused in 2022.

“This defendant had a duty to treat people in his custody humanely,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke...