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| Inmate Survery May Have FBI Attention |
| By peninsuladailynews.com |
| Published: 09/13/2010 |
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PORT ANGELES -- Still reeling from a national report on staff sexual misconduct that gives a high rating to the county jail, the Clallam County Sheriff's Office is waiting for the FBI to determine whether it will investigate the claims made by some inmates in the voluntary survey. A Bureau of Justice Statistics report -- "Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09" -- listed the Clallam County jail as having the third-highest per-capita instances of staff sexual misconduct out of 286 jails sampled. If the FBI decides against the investigation Sheriff Bill Benedict requested on Wednesday, then the office will seek another third party to check out the jail, said Undersheriff Ron Peregrin on Saturday. Peregrin didn't know who would be asked to look into it -- perhaps a law enforcement agency from outside the county, or perhaps the state Department of Corrections -- but he said that "absolutely" the office would seek such a review. "They have put our character into question, so now we're going to have to exonerate our good name," Peregrin said. "We pride ourselves on our transparency, and now we're going to have to prove that." Read More. |
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