Sean Harrison says his family, finances and future prospects have been destroyed because of the way ACT Corrective Services, police, and the public prosecutor's office handled a complaint against him.
ACTCS and Commissioner Close did not respond to these allegations when contacted.
"I don't know exactly what's happened here, but it certainly seems like a junior correctional officer may have been scapegoated so ACT Corrective Services can avoid taking responsibility for allowing this use of force to become common practice," Mr Emerson told this masthead.
The member for Kurrajong said it was seriously alarming that either the ACT government had no idea what was going on in the AMC, or was lying about it, and that this warranted thorough explanation.
He said providing evasive answers to direct questions and selectively disclosing information "to craft a particular narrative" was completely unacceptable.
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