No evidence of prison abuse for Jonesboro shooter

Prosecutor: Ark. school shooter not mistreated in jail:

An investigation by the local sheriff’s department turned up no evidence of prison abuse claimed by Jonesboro gunman Mitchell Johnson. Johnson had claimed he was being abused by guards an inmates.

Chief Deputy Prosecutor Shane Wilkinson told The Associated Press the investigation by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office found “there was absolutely nothing to his claims, period.”

Johnson is in jail awaiting a trial on felony theft charges.