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CASE TOPIC: STAFF MISCONDUCT RE:CO,,'t~~~(t~-'
CASE #:

06-039-03-F01

DATE OPENED:
DATE CLOSED:

6/17/03
6/25/03

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CONFIDENTIAL

Washington State Correction
Center for Women

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CONFIDEN'ilIAL

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Washington Corrections Center for Women
Intelligence & Investigations
Investigative Case'
#06~039-03-FOI
25 June 2003
TO:

Belinda D. Stewart
Superintendent, WCCW

FROM:

Steven B. Baxter
Investigator, WCCW

SUBJECT:

POSSffiLE STAFF MISCONDUCTRE: CO HENRY TORRES.

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SYNOPSIS: On 17 Jun.e2003 I&~
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.0fPOS~i.bl.e... sta.!fmisco.nductbetwee.n. C.O.r....r...ec.ti.ie..n a.1
Officer Henry Torres and Inmate,lI"'I!II!IIIII,JUJ):ltij " .. JRoster ManagereR!J,.~,~1l!J!I',t",.
reported to Shift Lt. Baker that he had wBiked into the staff break room in A Bldg. and observed CO
.Torres and CO~ an embrace. Lt. Baker notified WCCW I&L
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INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS:
Roster ManagerlJ!SliR1l..sJl!!&1r~~.Cooper was interviewed o~ 17 June 2003 and submitted a written
statement (see attachment 1). Mr. Cooper stated that he had left his office RMA-II in A Bldg. and went to
the staff break room Rm, A-17. Mr. Cooper l}'!l0rtsthat the lights were off in the breakroom and as he
enteredh~ observed Officer Torres and
the.middle of an embrace, Mr. Cooper related that as
soo~ as.they saw him they broke the embrace and did not appear to have been kissing buthad each other's
lj11ll.s fully wrapped around each other, Mr. Cooper stated that as he began to speak to CO Torres that II¥
~shed Pl18t him and entered the women's restroom across the hall,
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asked by Mr. Cooper what was going on Officer Torres is reported to have said: "this. was the first
this has happened", "please don't.report this", and "this won't happen again." Mr. Cooper.tIlen .
escorted CO Torres to the Shift Lt. 's office. While in'the Shift~ftice with CO Torres he hear,rCO Torres
tell Lt.Baker that "we just kind of accidentally knocked into each other and then grabbed onto"ach other."

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leaving the bl'lla\a'Qom~i:lth~inIllal, ,ntering and he had grabbed her to keep.her from falling. Lt, Baker
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away she saw M1"'-Y89p~F;walking to the refrigerator and she quickly released her arms from CO Torres.
I1M,'-'talt'rllUifShe quickly left the room as she left she heard Mr. Cooper say "Henry". 11M. , .
related that she went back to the ¥es room and stayed there until called out by Tony Smith and takenta Z
bldg. During her interview I1M,-,iidded that.he pulled her to him by her arms said "it's going to be
OK" while hugging her. IIM-'1was administered a Polygraph Exam on 6/23/03 with the following
questions and results:
1.

Prior to the hug on 6/17/03 has CO Torres ever hugged you? Answer: No
Results of the polygraph showed she was being deceptive in her answer.

2.

Has CO Torres ever had any conversations of a sexual nature with her? Answer: No
Results of the polygraph showed she was being deceptive in her answer.

Inmal.$tated during the pre-polygraph interview that CO Torres had held his arm out to her and she
mighfhave misconstrued what he wanted and went into his arms.
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Correctional Officer 2 Henry Torres: was interviewed and made a written statement on 6/17/03.
In his written statementCO Torres stated that he had entered the breakroom in A Bldg. to wash and dry his
hands, after completing this task he turned around to leave and ran into IIM~lil!!"ll\V!' she entered the room.
CO Torres stated that he tried to hold the inmate to keep from knocking her over. At that timeRoster
Manager COOPIll' entered the room and saw him holding the inmate. CO Torres stated that nothing
happened between him and any inmate. During the interview CO Torres denied that he had been talking to
Inmate~ut she had told him her worries in the dinning ha1l at lunch. When first questioned CO
Torres stated that he had grabbed her by the arms but later stated that he had grabbed her around the waist
When questioned about his statements to Mr. Cooper, CO ToJ;1'Cs explained he was trying to tell Mr.
Cooper that it was all innocent and doean't recall saying all that Mr. Cooper wrote, CO Torres was
reinterviewed in light of the polygraph results and again denied. any wrongdoing in this incident or anytime
previous.
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CONCLUS~ONS: Both Mr. Cooper andI!¥1IJl ••. (tate that what happened was a hug, CO Torres states
he was simply catching her after running into her.. CO Torres's account changed during questioning from
grabbing herarms to grabbing her w~s.kMt!Cooperisfirm on his observation that they were in a 1\111 hug
with arbs around each other.lnmlite_:ll~dthattheir chests touched during the contact. Theresults .
of the polygraph came back that Ilunate, . . '. as being deceptive in her negativeanswers if they had ever
hugged before or if CO Torres bad ever lli11\# to her in a sexual nature. No further information was .....
uncovered in this investigation to prove Ordisprove a relationship. between CO Torres and ~_

3 Attachments

1. Written stat.~entbY Jo..sep.'h.~
.G.".oer dated. 6/17/03

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Written sfutetnent by Innl.lI~lJated6/17/03
Written statementby CO HetJio/Torres dated 6/17/03

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June 17,2003

TO:

Michael Green.
Correctional Captain

FROM:

i.,l;1~~t'~,g~.~e~.~
Roster Manager

SUBJECT:

INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT

On June 17, 2003 at approximately 1318 hours, I stepped out of my office (Room
A-11) to go into the Staff Break Room in A Building (Room A-17) to get an item
out of the refrigerator.
The lights were off in R90m A-17 (which is standard practice when the room is
not occupied). As I stepped into the break room, Officer Henry Torres and
OffendEUi~erein the middle of an embrace. As soon as they saw me,
they broke the embrace. They did not appear to be kissing, but had each other's
arms fully wrapped around each other.
I began to address Officer Torres and Offende_ushed past me into the
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women's restroom across the hall.
I asked Officer Torres what was he doing and he made statements to the effect
of "this was the first time this has happened," "please don't report this," and
"this won't happen ever again."
I advised Officer Torres that I could not ignore this and told him to follow lTle. .
down to the ShiftLieutenant Office sin/ce I had to report this. Offende~~~<:
remained in the rest room.
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Offende ... was s1111Tri'IR[women's restroom. I remained in the Shift
Li.~4ltE'll1an(Offi6ewith OfficerTorres while U. Baker went to retrieve Offender

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While in the office withOffjcerTorres, I refrainedJron'l. questioning him further.

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Lt. Baker returned to the Shift Office and advised beth of us to write statements
concerning the incident.
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