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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie

The death of an intellectually disabled inmate at Virginia prison is drawing FBI scrutiny, document shows

Courtesy of Kymberly Hobbs

The FBI is looking into the death of an intellectually disabled inmate at a Virginia prison who's been identified as “a possible victim of a crime,” the agency said in a document reviewed Monday by The Associated Press, months after a federal lawsuit was filed alleging the man was fatally beaten by correctional officers.

The February 2022 death of Charles Givens, who was serving time for murder at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center, is the subject of a federal lawsuit alleging Givens was “sadistically tortured” and beaten before being found unresponsive at the southwest Virginia facility.

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