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Safety agency probes prison sex assault
By mohavedailynews.com
Published: 05/19/2015

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s workplace safety agency has launched an investigation into the sexual assault of a female corrections officer by an inmate at the state prison in Yuma.

The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health is looking into the April 13 attack, agency spokeswoman Rachel Brockway confirmed.

The agency can’t provide more details about why it opened the investigation, she said Monday. The agency is barred by state law from providing details of investigations until it either closes the case on issues citations.

The probe comes as the Department of Corrections is appealing a $14,000 fine the agency levied on the department for failing to protect a prison teacher who was raped at another prison in January 2014.

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