NURSE ASSAULTED WOMEN WHO SOUGHT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
TDK (38), of Clackamas County, Oregon, was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison (and five years of supervised released) for sexually assaulting nine female inmates in a women’s prison.
For about eight years, the guy served as a nurse at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon, and his position required that he interact with inmates seeking medical assistance (or who worked as orderlies at the facility). TDK apparently engaged in sexual assaults or in “nonconsensual sexual conduct” with those individuals. Fearing backlash or punishment, many of his victims endured his misconduct.
In a written statement, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, not that “The sentence in this case should send a significant message to any official working inside jails and prisons across our country, including those who provide medical care, that they will be held accountable when they sexually assault women inmates in their custody …. Women detained inside jails and prisons should be able to turn to medical providers for care and not subjected to exploitation by those bent on abusing their power and position. We will listen to and investigate credible allegations put forward by people who are sexually assaulted and, where appropriate, bring federal prosecutions. The Justice Department stands ready to hold accountable those who abuse their authority by sexual assaulting people in their custody and under their care.”
Did that guy nurse a serpent?
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