A lawsuit claims that supervisors were aware of a guard was sexually abusing inmate at the Manhatten prison where sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein supposedly committed suicide. The suit says that the sexual assaults went on for decades and detail how the higher-ups would have known what was happening.
New York Post Reported:
“Colin Akparanta, 43, pleaded guilty to abusing just one victim as Manhattan federal prosecutors said they had evidence he stashed feminine hygiene products in his lockers and also found a list of products he was planning to give to the women he was abusing.
“During 2017 in the [Metropolitan Correctional Center] while I was working as a correction officer, I sexually abused an inmate. I did so by touching her genitalia,” Akparanta admitted. “I deprived that inmate of her right to be free of that contact.”
Prosecutors alleged in a nine-count indictment back in May that Akparanta smuggled contraband — including personal hygiene items, makeup and food — into the jail as a means to coerce his victims into keeping quiet and cooperating with the abuse.”
The suit reports that Ajoaranta would force inmates to undress in solitary and used the door slots to fondle them. The report adds that the guard would bring inmates to the control room and sexually abuse them safe from the camera’s view. Noting that Ajoaranta movement through the prison would have alerted his superiors.
One victim, Darrah Kneisel, reported that the guard locked down the entire women’s section of the prison to abuse her.
That move alone would have thrown up red flags.
“Akparanta’s supervisors knew or should have known that this abuse of the MCC’s lockdown procedure suggested that misconduct was occurring,” the suit states.
“Had Akparanta’s supervisors investigated, they would have learned that Akparanta was using these lockdowns in order to assault Kneisel,” it adds.
The suit also shows that the guard would bring women to the showers, alone. A move that is strictly prohibited by prison policy and should have caused some questions from Akparanta’s superiors.
“When Akparanta arrived at the shower, he entered the shower with Kneisel, in violation of mandatory and binding Bureau of Prisons policy,” the suit states.
Sacha Santiago, another alleged victim said that Akparanta would abuse her several times a week for many months during 2018. The report also shows that the guard would force Santiago to undress in front of other prisoners.
“As Akparanta continued his rounds, Santiago heard him ordering other women inmates to similarly show him their breasts,” the suit states.
The prison has yet to respond to the current allegations and has yet to publicly comment on the guard’s guilty plea.
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