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Immigration facility guard given jail time for sexual assault of detainee
Source: The Guardian
Immigration facility guard given jail time for sexual assault of detainee
Daniel Sharkey, who is the first detention center worker to be
convicted of institutional sexual assault, may be in prison for less
time than his 19-year-old Honduran victim and her son have been
detained in Pennsylvania
Renée Feltz
Saturday 23 April 2016 12.00 BST
A 40-year-old guard at a family detention center for immigrants and asylum seekers will go to prison after admitting he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old Honduran woman he oversaw at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania.
Human rights groups have previously reported sexual abuse in immigrant facilities, but Daniel Sharkey is the first worker at a family detention center to be convicted of institutional sexual assault, a third degree felony assault charge for employees of jails, detention centers and other facilities serving children.
Sharkey, who is married, first claimed he and the detainee had a consensual relationship. But last week he pleaded guilty to institutional sexual assault and was sentenced to six to 23 months in prison. There is a chance he will serve less time than his victim and her three-year-old son spent in detention.
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Daniel Sharkey, who is the first detention center worker to be
convicted of institutional sexual assault, may be in prison for less
time than his 19-year-old Honduran victim and her son have been
detained in Pennsylvania
Renée Feltz
Saturday 23 April 2016 12.00 BST
A 40-year-old guard at a family detention center for immigrants and asylum seekers will go to prison after admitting he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old Honduran woman he oversaw at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania.
Human rights groups have previously reported sexual abuse in immigrant facilities, but Daniel Sharkey is the first worker at a family detention center to be convicted of institutional sexual assault, a third degree felony assault charge for employees of jails, detention centers and other facilities serving children.
Sharkey, who is married, first claimed he and the detainee had a consensual relationship. But last week he pleaded guilty to institutional sexual assault and was sentenced to six to 23 months in prison. There is a chance he will serve less time than his victim and her three-year-old son spent in detention.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/23/immigration-detention-center-guard-sexual-assault-prison
