State prison staff face criminal charges, litigation for plotting prisoner’s assault

State prison staff face criminal charges, litigation for plotting prisoner’s assault
State prison staff face criminal charges, litigation for plotting prisoner’s assault

David Coker stepped off an inmate transport bus at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center expecting to be interviewed, photographed and fingerprinted.

The then 42-year-old, sentenced to 15 years for firstdegree rape in Oklahoma County, started the state’s booking process for county jail transfers without issue. Prisoners chatted and joked in a holding cell to pass the time as they awaited a …