All over the country we hear of prison guards that are raping women while they are incarcerated and no one wants to believe them, even when some have become pregnant while being an inmate.
Finally right here in Delaware, we have one that has been caught
46 year old Prison Guard Roger L. Thompkins . Used his authority over a female inmate by threatening to have her returned to Baylor Correctional Institution if she did not have sexual intercourse with him. The victim was at Women’s Work Release and Treatment Center on April 11, 2009 when this Prison guard told her that if she did not have sexual intercourse with him that he was going to use his influence to have her placed back in the correction institution. The female inmate followed Roger Thompkin into the laundry room at Women's Work Release and Treatment Center, where on security video the act was recorded.
Today the Prison Guard could become the Prison inmate himself he is now charged with 2ND degree rape, official misconduct and other related charges. He has been released on a secured bail of $34,000. How many cases have gone unreported or no action taken because they were inmates? Does being an inmate give the right for anyone male or female to be raped? Now are we going to see more cases of these allegations that are made by inmates taken seriously or will they continue to be ignored as they have always been? http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090624/NEWS/90624047/-1/NLETTER03/Former-prison-guard-charged-with-raping-inmate?source=nletter-breakingnews
This precious life, Da’Niyah Marie Jackson, was taken as a result of having been sexually assaulted allegedly by the mother’s live-in boyfriend, Clinton Smith. The crime took place in Pennsylvania and Smith has been arrested and is currently behind bars.
