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Federal Guard’s Conviction for Sexual Abuse of Prisoners Affirmed

Loaded on Aug. 5, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct. Location: Kentucky.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal prison guard’s convictions on four counts of causing another to engage in sexual intercourse by use of force; one count for engaging in sexual acts with a person in detention; one count of engaging in sexual contact with a person in ...

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