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| Officials probe prison sex claims |
| By The Birmingham News |
| Published: 02/16/2004 |
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Investigators are looking into allegations of illegal sexual contact between a female prisoner and an officer at the Louisiana private prison housing prisoners from Alabama. This is the second such investigation involving an Alabama inmate and an employee or employees of Southeastern Louisiana Correctional Center, said Richard Harbison, general manager of LCS Corrections Services. The Lafayette, La., company runs the prison housing about 275 Alabama women. "We do have the district attorney involved in it," Harbison said last Thursday. "Which means we're taking it very seriously." Harbison said the current investigation stems from an alleged incident that occurred about two months ago, but was reported only recently. He said it was not considered an assault. Under Louisiana and Alabama law, sex between prisoners and officers is illegal. The laws are aimed at keeping officers from using their power to coerce or abuse prisoners. The Alabama Department of Corrections pays LCS about $24 per prisoner to per day. DOC signed the contract with the for-profit company last April because of pressure to relieve crowding at Tutwiler Prison for Women. |
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