U.S. district court officer on prisoner assault sexual assault.

• Position: Failure to Protect - Brief Article

Colman v. Vasquez, 142 F.Supp.2d 226 (D.Com. 2001). A female inmate placed in a special prison unit for victims of sexual abuse filed a [section] 1988 action against prison officials alleging that she was sexually abused by a male guard, and challenging the practice of having male guards conduct pat searches of female inmates. The district court denied the defendants' motions to dismiss, finding that fact issues remained. The court found that a male prison guard's repeated, involuntary, harassing and...