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Guards Suspended, Fired in Prostitution Probe at CCA-Run D.C. Jail

Loaded on April 15, 2010 published in Prison Legal News April, 2010, page 27
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct. Location: District of Columbia.
In June 2009, a District of Columbia jail sergeant and two lieutenants were placed on paid leave during an investigation into allegations that the sergeant paid a pimp to have sex with a jailed prostitute. One of the lieutenants was later fired for unrelated reasons.

Jessica Rubio, 32, is a ...

 

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