Q: I would like to know if which lawyer is recommended in sexual misconduct cases of detention officer abusing his post.
Occured last December at the Yuma county jail. It happened to my boyfriend and several other inmates within the same pod. The detention officer was masturbating and finished at the inmates door while they tried to sleep.
A:
You would need to report this behavior to the Yuma County Sheriff. If you get no response there, you would next turn to the Arizona Office of the Attorney General.
While it is possible the inmates could sue in civil court, without an investigation and findings from a law enforcement agency, the likelihood of recovery is likely low unless you were somehow able to show that this was a known problem which was ignored by supervisors.
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