The inspector was suspended from INS and awaits trial. In the Northern District of Texas, a BOP chaplain pled guilty to charges of sexual abuse of a ward. This Dallas Area Office investigation established that the chaplain had sex with an inmate on six different occasions in the prison chapel. In the Northern District of Georgia, a BOP case manager was arrested on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of an inmate. This Atlanta Area Office and FBI investigation established that the case manager forced an inmate, over several months, to perform oral sex on him under the threat of bodily harm while the inmate was under the manager's supervision.
Judicial proceedings continue.
In the Southern District of Texas, a McAllen Field Office investigation established through DNA testing that a BOP correctional officer had sex with an inmate at the prison camp where he was assigned. The correctional officer pled guilty to sexual abuse of a ward and resigned from BOP as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office. The OIG special agent documented that the former construction specialist was operating a construction business while falsely reporting to the Office of Workers' Compensation Program that he remained disabled and received no outside income. He was convicted of false statements relative to a Federal Workers' Compensation Program claim. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming advised the OIG that this is the first Federal Workers' Compensation Program case ever tried in Wyoming.