CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill was transferred from federal prison to community confinement on Tuesday, according to officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Hill has spent less than a year in custody at the Federal Correctional Institute in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was originally sentenced to serve 18 months in prison after he was convicted of abusing inmates by using a restraint chair.
Last year, Hill was found guilty of violating inmates' civil rights.
Now that Hill has been released, he'll be on a six-year supervised probation. The former sheriff's community confinement is being overseen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) Atlanta Residential Reentry Management (RRM) Office.
Hill's community confinement means he'll either be in home confinement or a Residential Reentry Center, also known as a halfway house.
The former sheriff's "projected release date" is April 26, which means he'll remain in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prison until then.
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Victor Hill is a controversial figure in the metro Atlanta area, known for calling himself "The Crime Fighter" and using Batman imagery in his campaign ads and social media promotions. This is his second trial on criminal charges, as he was previously accused of using his office for personal gain while under indictment in 2012 but beat those charges.
In 2021, a 12-page federal indictment was unsealed, charging Hill with four felonies related to the violation of the civil rights of four Clayton County jail inmates. The indictment alleges that Hill directed the inmates to be strapped into restraint chairs for hours at a time, causing them physical and mental harm.
A new indictment was brought against Hill last March, adding two new charges to his criminal case. In one instance, a man arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at two men outside his home in Jonesboro was allegedly left strapped in the restraint chair for hours. Another man, who was compliant and never posed a threat to anyone, was also allegedly subjected to the same treatment.
Hill allegedly made derogatory comments to one detainee, telling him to leave the county and calling him a derogatory name. In another incident, he threatened detainees with extended time in the restraint chair if they repeated their criminal behavior.