Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles is led from the county courthouse Tuesday, July 25 after being indicted on federal manslaughter charges for the 2016 death of Anthony Huff.

ENID, Okla. — An Oklahoma county sheriff and five jail officials are facing felony manslaughter charges for the 2016 death of an inmate who died after officials say he was restrained in a chair for 48 hours without sufficient food, water or medical attention.

Anthony Huff was arrested on June 4, 2016 on public intoxication charges. On June 6, Huff was put into a restraint chair by jail staff, and on June 8 he was found dead, according to a release from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter. The next day, a medical examiner ruled Huff’s death was the result of natural causes due to chronic alcoholism and a condition from an existing disease.

More than a year later, a federal lawsuit was filed accusing six Garfield County, Oklahoma, officials of negligence in his death and of violating Huff’s constitutional rights. Now, all six are facing felony manslaughter charges after six indictments were unsealed on Tuesday.

The indictments were issued for Sheriff Jerry Lee Niles Jr., then-jail administrator Jennifer Shay Niles, jailers John Robert Markus and Shawn Caleb Galusha and nurses Vanisa Jo Gay and Lela June Goatley. All but Goatley appeared before District Judge Paul Woodward and were charged with felony second-degree manslaughter.

Each defendant is being accused of causing Huff’s death “willfully, unlawfully and without justifiable or excusable cause.”

It is punishable by two to four years imprisonment, or up to a year in county jail, or a fine of up to $1,000, or both fine and punishment.

Eddie Wyant, one of the attorneys in the federal lawsuit, issued a statement Tuesday saying Huff’s family is grateful that the case will expose the details of his death.

“Mr. Huff’s family appreciates the time and attention that District Attorney Chris Boring and the multi-county grand jury have devoted to fully understand the horrific circumstances surrounding the death of their loved one, and their willingness to hold those responsible accountable for their actions,” Wyant’s statement said.

The statement concludes: “It is our hope and belief that justice will be served as those who have been indicted and arrested for their involvement in this death now proceed through our criminal justice system.”

Rains writes for the Enid, Oklahoma News.