A 31-year-old former Illinois Department of Corrections correctional officer has been sentenced in federal court for violating an inmate’s civil rights.

Dustin A. Fleming, of DuQuoin, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Benton to four months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty July 18, 2017, to choking, punching, kneeing, and kicking a handcuffed inmate at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center on October 15, 2016.

In addition to the term of imprisonment, Fleming was ordered to pay to the United States fines and special assessments totaling $200 and was placed on a two-year term of supervised release to follow his incarceration.

Fleming’s employment with the Illinois Department of Corrections was terminated following his guilty plea.