Thursday, January 06, 2011
Female Inmate Sues Otter Creek Correctional
KENTUCKY...
A German woman has filed a lawsuit against a private company and some of its employees who ran a former eastern Kentucky women's prison, saying she was forced to trade sex to call her ill mother.
The suit filed Wednesday in Louisville is the latest in a series of sexual assault cases out of the Otter Creek Correctional Complex in Wheelwright. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ordered all the female prisoners removed from the facility a year ago when a scandal involving corrections officers and inmates reached its height.
The lawsuit says the inmate, a 38-year-old German citizen, was serving five years for theft and other charges. Although the lawsuit names the inmate, the Associated Press does not generally identify those who say they have been sexually assaulted.
A German woman has filed a lawsuit against a private company and some of its employees who ran a former eastern Kentucky women's prison, saying she was forced to trade sex to call her ill mother.
The suit filed Wednesday in Louisville is the latest in a series of sexual assault cases out of the Otter Creek Correctional Complex in Wheelwright. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ordered all the female prisoners removed from the facility a year ago when a scandal involving corrections officers and inmates reached its height.
The lawsuit says the inmate, a 38-year-old German citizen, was serving five years for theft and other charges. Although the lawsuit names the inmate, the Associated Press does not generally identify those who say they have been sexually assaulted.
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