Urinating on Prisoners

　　A US prison guard has been ordered to scrub toiletsfor15daysafter he urinated onto inmates playing basketball.Missouri JudgeDon Burrell said he hoped the sentence would helpJustin Hastingsunderstand what it was like to depend on those withpower.

　　Hastings,23,was also given two years of probation and150hoursofcommunity service after being convicted of four counts ofassault.Four inmates said they were splashed by the urine as theyplayedbasketball at the Greene County Jail.

　　Hastings admitted during the trial that he knew prisoners wereinthe room when he and another guard urinated through a roof grate.ADNA expert testified that urine samples taken from the jailroofcould be linked to Hastings. Both guards resigned. GreeneCountyalso paid a total of100,000 to the four inmates.