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Former Indiana Jailer Walks from Charges Over “Night of Terror”
Loaded on April 1, 2025
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2025, page 30
On February 14, 2025, an Indiana judge dismissed charges against a former guard at the Clark County Jail who was accused of selling keys to male detainees who then unlocked cells holding female detainees and raped them. The county had previously paid $328,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by …
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