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| Prison work program suspended following allegations of abuse |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/03/2005 |
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An Iowa prison inmate was charged with sexually assaulting a young woman while he served on a work crew at the Woodward Resource Center, a state-run center for the mentally disabled. Cecil Ray Smith, a prisoner at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City, sexually assaulted the 17-year-old girl on May 17, prosecutors said in a news release. He was charged Thursday. Smith, 33, is serving a 5-year sentence on theft and drug charges out of Black Hawk County, said Fred Scaletta, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Corrections. Prosecutors said the girl reported to staff that she had been sexually assaulted. She described the offender and later identified him through a photo lineup. Smith admitted to investigators on Wednesday that he had performed a sex act with the victim, prosecutors said. Roger Munns, a spokesman with the Iowa Department of Human Services, said the work program, used at Woodward for the past three years, has been suspended until the investigation is complete. |
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