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Colorado Prisoner Sues Security Guard Who Sexually Abused Her Moments after Giving Birth
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2015, page 40
Colorado Prisoner Sues Security Guard Who Sexually Abused Her Moments after Giving Birth
Colorado prisoner sexually assaulted by a private security guard at a hospital only minutes after she gave birth has filed suit against her attacker, the company he worked for and the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office for damages ...
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