State officials on Friday maintained their silence regarding a criminal investigation into the deadly prison takeover Feb. 1 at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, as the probe entered its sixth week and a handful of prisoners, in federal court filings, continued to allege abuses both at the conclusion of the nearly 19-hour siege and in its aftermath.
During a Feb. 2 press conference, officials said that all of the approximately 120 inmates being held in the Smyrna prison’s Building C at the time of the takeover were considered suspects in the ordeal, which resulted in the death of Lt. Steven Floyd, a veteran corrections officer.
