Inspection planned at elevator where guard, inmate died
WILKES-BARRE – A group of inspectors, engineers, attorneys and videographers is scheduled to examine a Pennsylvania jail elevator where a corrections officer and an inmate smashed through a door during a scuffle and plunged down an open shaft to their deaths.
Investigators have said correctional officer Kristopher Moules was trying to handcuff Timothy Gilliam Jr. during a July altercation at Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre when the inmate pulled the guard backward into the closed elevator door, which gave way.
The elevator remains out of service.
The (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader reported Wednesday’s scheduled inspection is the result of a court petition by Schindler Elevator Corp., which had been involved in the elevator’s maintenance. The elevator company, an inspection firm, representatives of the two families and a county official will also take part.