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Guards Suspended, Fired in Prostitution Probe at CCA-Run D.C. Jail
Loaded on April 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2010, page 27
In June 2009, a District of Columbia jail sergeant and two lieutenants were placed on paid leave during an investigation into allegations that the sergeant paid a pimp to have sex with a jailed prostitute. One of the lieutenants was later fired for unrelated reasons.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct.
Location:
District of Columbia.
Jessica Rubio, 32, is a …
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