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$1 Million Award for Two Women Sexually Assaulted by Florida Jail Guard
Loaded on Jan. 8, 2019
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2019, page 55
A Florida federal jury awarded $1 million to two women who were sexually assaulted by a guard at the Bay County Jail (BCJ).
Brandy Carnley and Virginia Lindsey alleged in a May 2017 civil rights complaint that they were forced into sex acts by guard Pedro Reyes. Both women were ...
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