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Indiana inmates bought keys from jailer, raped and assaulted female prisoners in 'night of terror': lawsuits
Indiana prison inmates allegedly bought jailhouse keys off a guard, then ran rampant through the women's pods, sexually assaulting more than two dozen victims.
Indiana inmates bought keys from jailer, raped and assaulted female prisoners in 'night of terror': lawsuits
A group of female inmates is accusing an Indiana sheriff and corrections officer of enabling "a night of terror" in which male prisoners "purchased" jailhouse keys, broke into the women’s pods and, in a span of at least two hours, attacked more than two dozen victims.
In two separate federal lawsuits, a total of 28 women allege that David Lowe, a former Clark County corrections officer, sold jail keys to two male prisoners for $1,000. Those men and other inmates then allegedly entered the women’s side of the jail wearing masks made out of towels and blankets.
At least two of the victims were raped, according to the lawsuit, including one who suffered physical injuries at the time and contracted genital herpes. Others were groped, sexually assaulted and subjected to male prisoners exposing themselves.
"Amazingly, even though there were surveillance cameras positioned in locations that showed the male detainees accessing the women’s Pods, and even though the incident involved multiple male detainees and dozens of victims over an extended period of time, not a single jail officer on duty that night came to the aid of the Plaintiffs and the other victims."
