Four prior inmates of the Oklahoma County Detention Center filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, with three alleging they were tortured by being forced to listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” for hours on end.
The suit named two former detention officers, the Oklahoma County Commissioners, the sheriff, and the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority as defendants, according to court documents.
The three men who said they were forced to listen to the song would be made to stand handcuffed in an attorney visitation room and forced to listen to the song on loop for up to four hours, according to a report.
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Each man endured the “torture” at differing moments, according to the suit.
“Use of the ‘Baby Shark’ children’s song, in the manner described herein, is known device to torment,” the plaintiffs’ attorneys stated in the filing. “It has been reported that the city of West Palm Beach has utilized ‘Baby Shark’ outside an event center to deter homeless people from sleeping or convening in the area at night.”
The fourth inmate was made to maintain a strenuous physical position while handcuffed for over an hour, struck, and spit on, he said.
All four inmates alleged that the defendants violated their 14th Amendment rights and that the detention officers applied excessive force.
They endured “unconstitutional conditions of confinement/torture,” according to court documents.
The men are seeking $75,000 in damages and interest from the court filing date.
The alleged incident that took place was before the current administration of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, Director Of Communications at Oklahoma County Detention Center Mark Opgrande told the Washington Examiner.
The current administration is the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, a nine-member board that took over the responsibility of overseeing the facility from the county sheriff department, Opgrande said.
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“There is a charge in the lawsuit that the [board] did nothing to stop the incident,” he said. “But, we didn’t take over until July, 1, 2020, well after everything.”
