Attorneys from the Delaware Department of Justice on Tuesday attacked the most recent round of allegations in a prisoner lawsuit stemming from the February 2017 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, saying that it was an “incredible leap” to accuse state officials of ordering constitutional violations in retaliation for the deadly incident last February.
Joseph C. Handlon, head of the DOJ’s Defensive Litigation Unit, said in a court filing that an attorney for JTVCC inmate Donald Parkell had cited no evidence to support his client’s claims earlier this month that top officials at the prison had ordered beatings following the 19-hour ordeal at the prison’s C Building last February.
