Two extra guards on the federal women’s prison in Dublin are dealing with prison time themselves after pleading guilty to a number of felony prices associated to sexual abuse of inmates of their care, in accordance to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nakie Nunley and Andrew Jones pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a number of feminine inmates after which mendacity about it to investigators, federal prosecutors stated Friday.
Nunley, 48, of Fairfield, is dealing with up to 17 years in prison and a superb of up to about $500,000 for abusing 5 women from March 2020 and November 2021.
Jones, 35, of Pleasanton, is dealing with up to 18 years in prison and a superb of up to about $500,000 for abusing three women from July 2020 and June 2021.
The guilty pleas are the most recent in a string of indictments, convictions and plea agreements involving eight staff on the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, which one federal choose referred to as a “cesspool.”
“This office’s ongoing investigation into FCI Dublin has revealed significant findings of wrongdoing by multiple correctional officers at that facility,” stated U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey of the Northern District of California. “The Department of Justice has repeatedly warned that criminal misconduct in the care and safety of incarcerated persons will not be tolerated.”
Former warden Ray Garcia was convicted final December and sentenced to practically six years in prison for sexually abusing three inmates and mendacity about it, in accordance to the Department of Justice.
The prison’s former chaplain, James Highhouse, pleaded guilty in February 2022 and was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing an inmate from May 2018 to February 2019.
Former guard Enrique Chavez pleaded guilty final October to having sexual contact with an inmate in 2020 and was sentenced to 20 months in prison, and former guard Ross Klinger, who pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual abuse, is scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 13, in accordance to federal prosecutors.
Another former guard, John Bellhouse, was convicted in June of intercourse crimes in opposition to inmates from 2018 to 2021. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Former guard Darrel Smith was indicted on April 13. A standing convention scheduled for Aug. 3.
Attorneys for Nunley and Jones did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
