Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
On March 5, 1989, Lonnie Austin (Lt. Austin), was a lieutenant in the employ of the Department of Corrections assigned to supervise the inmates in a dining room of the Joliet Correctional Center. In that capacity, Lt. Austin had control over how and when the inmates were fed and was charged with the responsibility of coordinating the movement of the inmates into and out of the dining room.
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