Prout, described as a “vulnerable” man, was subjected to months of beating, mistreatment, and humiliation, including “intercourse with a dog.” Despite his handicap, the prosecution claimed Zaman was “physically capable” of the assault. The 43-year-old Zaman is wheelchair-bound from an earlier accident. Prosecutor Paul Greaney alleged that Prout fell into a “cultish” group run by Zaman. One of his testicles was sliced out of his scrotum and boiled before being fed to him. They beat him and removed his teeth with a hammer and chisel. According to the prosecution, Zahid Zaman and Ann Corbet subjected Prout to “Dark Ages–style” torture prior to his death. In March 2016, the festering and scavenged remains of James Prout were discovered in a filthy sleeping bag near the A187 in North Tyneside. In June 2017, a UK judge sentenced a duo of killers to life in prison after they forced a man to eat his own testicle. Journalist Paul Rubin noted, “Bad things happen in a house like that.” In 2017, the Arizona Supreme Court vacated Rushing’s death sentence. A lack of resources for mental health results in ill inmates being placed alongside the rest of the prison population. Most attribute the rampage to poor conditions within the Arizona prison system. Following the castration, Rushing beat Palmer to death with a book wrapped in a sheet. During the time of the attack, he was already serving a 28-year sentence for murdering his stepfather in 2001.Įvidence revealed that the victim, Shannon Palmer, was still alive when his penis was cut off with a makeshift knife in 2010 at Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis. Jasper Rushing, 45, has a long history of mental illness with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. In the process, he sliced off his victim’s penis. In July 2015, a Maricopa County jury sentenced an inmate to death for murdering another prisoner with whom he shared a small isolation cell. Photo credit: Arizona Department of Corrections