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KY: Former woman prisoner files rape suit against CCA guard & CCA

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Former inmate alleges rape at private prison By Stephenie Steitzer February 25, 2010 Louisville Courier Journal A former inmate at the beleaguered private women?s prison in Eastern Kentucky has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was repeatedly raped by a prison employee in 2007. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pikeville, alleges that the employee at the Otter Creek Correctional Center forced her to engage in non-consensual sexual acts between March and October 2007 and threatened to block her parole if she reported him to authorities. The alleged victim also names Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America, which operates the prison under contract with the state, and the Department of Corrections as defendants. It alleges that they failed to properly screen, train and supervise the employee...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).