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Florida Jail Guard Fired and Charged with Battery After Slamming Prisoner into Concrete Wall
by Jo Ellen Nott
On October 26, 2022, a guard at Florida’s Nassau County Jail was arrested and charged with using excessive force on a detainee. Because Joshwa Edsall, 27, was still on his probationary period after his March 2022 hiring, he was also terminated by the county Sheriff’s Office. …
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