Finally, “a female inmate hit the emergency button and began screaming to call for the correction officers. The male inmates retreated.”
“These females were doing everything they could to alert the jail staff. They were pounding on the door for help. They were hitting the buzzer on the inside of the pod in order to alert jail staff,” according to Betteau.
The officer advised the female inmates that they had lost their “dark” privileges. And the lights remained on in the female pods for the next 72 hours.
According to the lawsuit, “Over the next several days, the female inmates were put on lockdown and taken to holding cells to be questioned. The following Saturday, at approximately 8:30 am, the corrections officers returned and “shook down” the female inmates. Officers removed the females’ personal items, including razors, pillows, blankets, colored pencils, etc.”
No male inmate was charged with the assaults. No rape kits were provided to the victims.
The guard, David Lowe was arrested hours after the alleged attacks and is facing a misdemeanor and two felony charges over the incident.
