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| Prison starts sex inquiry |
| By Statesman Journal |
| Published: 02/16/2004 |
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Oregon State Police and state Corrections Department investigators are looking into allegations of sexual contact between male corrections officers and female inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Institution near Wilsonville. One prison employee has resigned and another has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, prison officials said Feb. 6. Under Corrections Department regulations, sexual contact between prison staff and inmates is prohibited. "The department's Code of Conduct directly addresses relationships between or among inmates and staff," Corrections Director Max Williams said. "It says, 'Employees shall not become emotionally, romantically, or sexually involved with inmates/offenders." Prison employees who violate the code can be fired or face other disciplinary action. Norma Land, a spokeswoman at the Coffee Creek prison, said the investigation was triggered by information brought forward by one or more female inmates. Land declined to identify any informants or release the names and ranks of the two corrections employees apparently at the center of the investigation. She said the employee who resigned did so voluntarily. The 1,360-bed Coffee Creek facility opened in October 2001 as Oregon's first new women's prison in 36 years. Built on a 108-acre tract north of Wilsonville, the complex consists of a multi-security prison for women, plus a co-gender intake center where all prisoners entering the state's corrections system are screened. Corrections officials gave no time frame for completing the investigation, which began last week. |
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