Alabama Ladies’s Jail Supervisor Demanded Intercourse From Inmate, Saying ‘You will By no means Go Dwelling’: Prosecutors

• Sgt. Laquentin Brantley was booked on Nov. 7 on accusations that he had sexually abused a feminine inmate on the jail the place he labored as a supervisor
• The prisoner alleges within the charging paperwork that he threatened to put in writing her up if she didn’t comply together with his sexual calls for “any time he felt prefer it” 
• The Division of Justice had deliberate to roll again its oversight of the jail, however it’s not clear how these new allegations might have an effect on that call

A 34-year-old correctional officer has been arrested on intercourse crime fees in opposition to an inmate at an Alabama jail that has been below federal oversight for such crimes since 2015.

Sgt. Laquentin Brantley is being held at Elmore County Jail in Wetumpka, Ala., on a $15,000 bond on fees of first-degree sodomy and custodial sexual conduct, in response to on-line reserving data. 

The jail supervisor allegedly demanded {that a} feminine inmate at Julia Tutwiler Ladies’s Facility in Wetumpka carry out intercourse acts “any time he felt prefer it” or danger getting written up for disciplinary motion and never with the ability to return residence to see her kids, in response to charging paperwork cited by AL.com, The Wetumpka Herald and WFSA12.

The inmate – whose identify has not been launched – alleged that Brantley encountered her on the morning of Oct. 18 when she was wearing a tank prime and not using a bra and demanded, “Let me see ‘em,” which means her breasts. “Let me see them otherwise you’ll by no means go residence,” AL.com reported from the charging paperwork.

The prisoner adopted the sergeant’s orders, and he allegedly touched her chest and genitals. At round 1:00 a.m. on the next day, Oct. 19, Brantley allegedly compelled her to offer him oral intercourse.

PEOPLE couldn’t instantly affirm if Brantley had entered a plea to the fees or retained a lawyer, however the Related Press stories that the sergeant has been positioned on obligatory go away.

In 2015 federal prosecutors filed a civil criticism – reviewed by PEOPLE – in opposition to the State of Alabama and its corrections system citing their on-site inspection of Tutwiler and discovering that the jail employees “interact in a sample or apply of intentionally disregarding recognized or severe dangers of hurt from sexual abuse and sexual harassment of Tutwiler prisoners.”

Federal prosecutors discovered that the feminine prisoners “endure severe hurt from sexual abuse and sexual harassment by employees, together with rape, fondling, voyeurism, and sexually express verbal abuse” and that they have been “subjected to the excessive danger and risk of sexual abuse by employees.”

On the identical day prosecutors filed the criticism, additionally they filed a 44-page settlement settlement – reviewed by PEOPLE – outlining a referral and investigative system to “make sure that all allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment are promptly, totally, and objectively investigated” and disciplinary motion for abusive employees. 

As a part of the settlement, the jail – which had been outfitted with a “state-of-the-art digicam system” would have digicam placement areas “reviewed at the very least yearly to make sure that they’re serving their aim of maximizing supervision.”

In a assertion on the time, then-Principal Deputy Assistant Lawyer Common Vanita Gupta of the Division of Justice’s Civil Rights Division mentioned the settlement had been “designed to handle and eradicate the tradition of abuse that Tutwiler’s ladies prisoners have suffered from and endured for years.”

Earlier this 12 months the Division of Justice determined to roll again its oversight, the AP stories.

PEOPLE contacted Assistant United States Lawyer for the Center District of Alabama Tara Ratz for touch upon how the brand new fees might have an effect on that call. She didn’t reply in time for publication.