Corrections officer is 5th person charged in growing sex abuse scandal at federal female prison
LA TimesThe federal women’s prison in Dublin, where a correctional officer became the fifth staff member charged in a still-unfolding sexual abuse scandal. A correctional officer became the fifth staff member charged in a still-unfolding sexual abuse scandal at a federal women’s prison in the East Bay, authorities said. “Sexually abusing inmates is a betrayal of that responsibility and undermines a just penal system.” Chavez is the latest to be charged in the widening scandal at the prison, which has led to sexual abuse indictments against the former warden, two former prison guards and a prison chaplain. Federal authorities also charged John R. Bellhouse, the prison’s safety administrator who supervised Klinger on the facility’s recycling crew, with a single count of sexual abuse of a ward, according to court filings.