Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Oklahoma

[ccharles000]

Trigger Warning

There are some extremely horrifying allegations coming to of Oklahoma regarding the treatment of female inmates by male jailers. The allegations include sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, and more:

Four former Delaware County jail female inmates have filed a civil lawsuit in Tulsa federal court accusing the sheriff of covering up such crimes as rape and sexual battery as well as blackmail attempts and death threats committed against them by jailers.

Those filing the suit Wednesday were Sherry England, Katrina Rogers, Cynthia Craig and Marie Watson.

Craig, 40, described in the lawsuit as “mentally disabled,” said then-reserve deputy Bill Sanders Sr. raped her several times in one day in a jail shower. Craig said she was afraid to scream because Sanders told her “he would send her down the river.” She said the deputy forced her to scrub her body while he watched.

. . .

England, 49, states in the lawsuit that jailers would “bargain” with female inmates. Inmates who exposed their breasts were given cigarettes, cupcakes, candy and personal items they could not obtain while they were in jail, England states.

England states that when she refused to show her breasts, she was shown “deliberate indifference to her medical needs.”

She states she is an epileptic who requires medication to prevent seizures. She states that she had five seizures during her 18 days in the jail.

There’s a lot more, and I recommend that you go read the entire article. Perhaps even more appalling than all of the allegations of abuse is the allegation that the sheriff rehired Sanders, the man responsible for a vast majority of the abuse mentioned in the lawsuit, despite his history of “sexual misconduct.”

http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/03/sexual-abuse-of-female-inmates-in-oklahoma/

[ccharles000]

1. kick

[pleah]

2. K&R

[csziggy]

3. K&R

[Broken_Hero]

4. Wow,

that county isn't that far from me. As a matter of fact, one of my inlaws just had court dates over in Delaware county. She just got a hefty fine, thank goodness.

[Odin2005]

5. There are no words.

:cry:

[Blue_Tires]

6. horrifying

k+r

[ccharles000]

7. one more kick

[lukasahero]

8. If this honestly surprises anyone, they're not paying attention

Seriously, are there people out there who haven't already assumed this is happening in our culture?

Thanks for the link to the blog though - hadn't seen that one before.

[seabeyond]

10. true that. n/t

[obliviously]

9. Every second of law enforcement should be caught on camera!