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| 11 charged in prison abuses |
| By Denver Post |
| Published: 03/10/2005 |
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Eleven people at the privately run Brush Correctional Facility for women in Colorado, including the former warden, have been charged with felonies ranging from unlawful sexual conduct to smuggling tobacco into the prison, according to court filings released Wednesday. Former correctional officer Fredrick Henry Woller, 32, was charged with having sex with an inmate, and former warden Rick Soares, 57, was charged with being an accessory to Woller in hindering his "discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment," according to the filings released by District Attorney Robert Watson. Watson said other investigations are pending. Soares resigned from Tennessee-based GRW, which owns the 250-bed prison in Morgan County, on Feb. 18 after a month-long investigation implicated several officers in the prison in connection with sexual misconduct and bringing tobacco into the facility. The filings earlier this month included charges of introducing contraband in the form of tobacco and conspiracy against nine women - two correctional officers and seven inmates. "All penal facilities in Colorado are smoke-free since 1999," said Alison Morgan, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections. One correctional officer was previously charged with sexual misconduct, and further charges may yet be filed, said Morgan. The department's inspector general's staff reported to Watson last month that three officers had sex with four inmates from Wyoming, two from Colorado and two from Hawaii. Some of the women alleged they were raped, but investigators concluded the sex was consensual, sometimes initiated by inmates, Morgan had noted earlier. It's still a felony offense for correctional officers, she said. |
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