Former Philly Corrections Sgt Jailed For Abusing Inmates
ALEX LLOYD GROSS FILE PHOTO DELAWARE VALLEY NEWS.COM INSIDE A PHILADELPHIA PRISON, SHOWING PRISON GUARDS. THE GUARDS IN THE PHOTO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH KNIGHT.
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Christopher Knight, of Philadelphia was a Sergeant in the ranks of prison guards and he worked at the Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility, on State Road. He is now an inmate himself and will be living at the Federal Detention Center for the next 42 months, which is just over three years.
He pleaded guilty this March to five counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights under color of law and two counts of falsifying records.
According to charging documents, he would pepper spray inmates when they were not doing anything wrong.
On January 8, 2023, Knight blasted his first victim with pepper spray while the victim was lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his back. Knight then continued to spray the victim, striking him during the handcuffing process and after he was handcuffed.
Two days later, Knight pepper-sprayed another handcuffed victim while the victim was being escorted down a hallway by another guard. Later that day, Knight struck his third victim with spray while the victim was returning to his cell, and Knight continued to pepper-spray this victim after he was handcuffed.
On March 20, 2023, Knight attacked his fourth victim, blasting the victim with spray while the victim was writing on a piece of paper and not posing a threat. Knight continued to spray this victim while he was lying on the ground in pain.
Then, on March 24, 2023, Knight attacked his fifth victim, striking the victim with spray, even though he was lying face down on the ground.
Knight falsified multiple use-of-force reports by knowingly omitting key details of his attacks when describing his own actions.