A female inmate told
police she was brutally gang-raped by three men who entered her jail cell in
Kansas City, Mo., with a stolen master key early Friday, according to a local
report.
The
woman said the suspects took turns raping her while a second victim said a man
entered her cell at the Jackson County Regional Correctional Center and fondled
her during the 4 a.m. assault.
The second woman said the lone inmate also punched and choked
her, but he bolted after hearing a guard open a nearby door followed by a
warning whistle.
A police report states three men were captured on
surveillance footage wandering out of their cell, the
Kansas City Star reported. No suspects were
immediately identified.
The shocking attacks
prompted Kansas City officials to release and transfer nearly two dozen female
inmates out of the facility pending an independent investigation by former U.S.
District Attorney Todd Graves.
No
women would be housed at the jail until Jackson County officials determine how
to prevent further sexual assaults at the jail, City Manager Troy Schulte
announced.
A
statement from Jackson County officials said no employees were involved with
the assaults, but the Star reports one staff member was suspended without pay
pending the probe.
Mayor Sly James pledged
that “those responsible will be held accountable and all other necessary
changes will be made swiftly.”
The
two victims received medical treatment and were released early.
By
the time police arrived to interview both women, investigators learned jail
staff had cleaned the first victim’s jail cell because it was smeared in feces,
the paper wrote, citing a police report.
Her
clothes were also destroyed because they had been ripped.
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