HOUSTON – Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez , revealed new details about the sexual assault of a female sergeant who was raped and beaten in her office located inside the Harris County Jail by a prisoner who was walking the hallways of the fifth floor unsupervised.
The inmate, Jeremiah Williams, who is in the accused jail After sexually assaulting two women on the same day in September last year, he was the one who brutally beat the officer on Monday after raping her.
According to González, Williams was in Bible class when he left the classroom to go to his cell, but he deviated to the office where the sergeant was when he found an open door and attacked her without mercy.
González admitted that there was a failure, although he stated that there are certain prisoners who are mobile within the jail.
The official defended the efforts of his office, although he acknowledged that there is a problem of lack of personnel in the institution, the third largest of its category in the country.
“We do not want to have any type of incident, but the prison population is very large and we face problems of lack of personnel,” explained González, who said that it is something about which will continue to advocate in Harris County Commissioners Court.
The sheriff also noted that a state report ensures that the Harris County Jail failed to pass the evaluation in two areas and that they are reviewing it.
The sergeant remains hospitalized.
According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred around 2 pm inside the jail facility located in downtown Houston.
The sergeant, who has not been identified , reported having been robbed by a prisoner.
In addition to being sexually assaulted, the officer was severely beaten.
The victim went to the wounded jail clinic and later transferred to a hospital for additional care.
In an interview with ABC 13 Houston, Harris County Officers Organization President David Cuevas said that one of the organization’s representatives accompanied the victim.
“Our representative said that he had never seen a person so beaten as the sergeant who was attacked,” Cuevas said.
The Harris County Jail has had several controversial incidents at its facilities a month ago a young man of 19 years, identified as Fred Harris, who was diagnosed as a person with special needs was beaten and stabbed to death inside the jail.
In September the County Officials Organization Harris filed a lawsuit charging Harris County for alleged unsafe conditions.