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Texas County Jail Settles Sex Assault Suits For Undisclosed Sum
Loaded on July 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2007, page 18
On December 22, 2006, Goliad County, Texas, agreed to settle with a prisoner who claimed she was raped by a guard at the county?s jail in September 2001. Under the agreement the county will pay a confidential amount to the victim and the Sheriff will make improvements to the jail?s ...
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