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Iowa Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuits For $160,000
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2006, page 28
Iowa taxpayers and former state prison guard Kenneth Parrot will pay a combined total of $160,000 to three women whom Parrot sexually abused, according to the terms of a December, 2005 settlement agreement.
One of the victims, Melissa Henderson, says the sexual abuse started after Parrot made friends with her ...
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