TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 13, 2024

Former Tennessee Department of Corrections officer Sebron Hollands has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release for writing a false report in an effort to cover up another officer’s use of excessive force on an inmate. Hollands pled guilty to the offense on Oct. 2, 2023. The case was brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee, which says that Hollands was present when fellow officer Javian Griffin, without justification, punched an inmate in the head, breaking the inmate’s jaw. After the incident, Hollands provided false information in his official use of force report in order to obstruct an investigation of the incident. Read more in a news release from the office.