PA. Jail Guards Charged in Sex for Drugs Scandal
The latest prison guard scandal, this time in Pennsylvania: Four guards have been indicted in a sex-for-drugs scheme:
Four guards have been indicted in a sex-for-drugs scheme that prosecutors described as a serious problem at Allegheny County Jail. The arrests of several guards Friday followed a two-year grand jury investigation that found at least nine female inmates had been sexually assaulted.
The grand jury found cigarettes, drugs, cash and other illegal contraband were used by guards "to reward or to induce female prison inmates to participate in sexual activity."
Most of the women involved were jailed for petty crimes, [Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen] Zappala said....The investigation is ongoing and Zappala suggested more arrests are likely.
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