Mother of Beaten Inmate Files Lawsuit
Harley Holt was being held in a Jefferson Missouri jail on a charge of failure to register, when two other inmates beat him.
He was put into a separate cell, but his repeated requests for medical attention were ignored. Eventually, he lost conscious and was taken to the hospital where he was placed on life support and later died. His cause of death was head trauma resulting in swelling of his brain.
His mother has now filed a lawsuit against the jail and certain staff.
As a ‘sex offender’ one always has to watch their back and not count on the protection law enforcement gives others. Even some law enforcement officers can have their biases.
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Its amazing to see so many ppl who are not only in support but are smart enough to look outside the box. I thank you all for the love. Harley Holt is my brother… Donna Holt my mother. This has been a long and painful battle to get ANYONE to look at this without the being judgmental and cruel because of a “label” placed on him as a 21 yr old Male whom made a bad decision to engage with a teen under the age of 18 which he did the time for as sentenced. Unfortunately… to most… “sex offender” makes ppl judge him without knowing the TRUTH behind my brothers situation nor who he was as a human being …so I appreciate the support and please keep us (especially my mother) in ur thoughts cause I have a feeling this is going to be a long, tough battle considering this prison has already attempted to cover evidence. Much love. R.I.P Harley Holt.
Praying for you and your family no one should ever have to go through this we are all human and I feel your pain for sex offenders most are not charged with violent crimes and people don’t know their story they are the only ones who do their time and yet once they get out are labeled and go through even more pain I am so sorry for the loss of your brother my heart is breaking for you and your family and you are all in my prayers I am glad your mom is standing up against the prison maybe it will shed light on how dangerous it is to be labeling people like this and eventually laws will have to change may god keep you all strong
So sad….
I guess the federal government needs to some serious updating on this document dated October 1997 where it discusses ‘VII. Offender Harassment’. It is very outdated! http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/ReportFile/1263/Wsipp_Megans-Law-A-Review-of-State-and-Federal-Legislation_Full-Report.pdf
I personally have heard of two “deaths” just in Florida. Anyone else??