PRISONERS ESCAPE ;FEMALE INMATES ASSAULTED!

UPDATED: 02:10 AM EDT 09.08.16
A man being held on a first-degree murder
charge got out of his cell at a Kansas City jail
and roamed the hallways for nearly two hours
before sexually assaulting a female inmate,
according to a criminal complaint obtained by
CNN.
On August 24, a guard mistakenly left a set of
keys in a door lock at the Jackson County
Detention Center, according to court documents
filed Wednesday. The guard told police she
believed all the keys were accounted for when
she retrieved them, the complaint said.
Surveillance video obtained by detectives and
quoted in the complaint showed an unnamed
inmate who obtained one of the keys letting
himself out of his cell, along with Dontae D.
Jefferson and another unnamed inmate, on
August 26.
The video showed Jefferson and the other
inmates wandering the halls of the jail between
2:40 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Jefferson entered a
female inmate's cell and sexually assaulted her,
according to the victim's statement to police
quoted in the criminal complaint.
Jefferson returned to his cell after hearing a
whistle in the hallway, the complaint said. The
victim identified him from a photo lineup on
August 27, according to the complaint.
Jefferson, 29, of Kansas City, was charged with
first-degree rape, first-degree burglary and two
counts of first-degree sexual abuse, said the
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office.
"My life and the lives of my family have been in
turmoil since the events of last week," the victim
said in a statement released by the prosecutor's
office. "We are struggling to move forward. I am
praying those responsible will be held to a
measure of justice."
The county hired former US Attorney Todd
Graves to conduct an independent investigation.
"Those responsible will be held accountable and
all other necessary changes will be made
swiftly," Kansas City Mayor Sly James and
Jackson County Executive Frank White said in a
joint statement.
Kansas City Manager Troy Schulte also called for
an investigation and ordered the removal of all
female inmates from the detention center.
"We are alarmed at this incident and concerned
about the safety of city inmates and detainees
held in the Jackson County jail," he said.
Schulte's office said the city contracted with
Jackson County to house inmates for seven
years for more than $5 million a year.
One jail guard was suspended without pay
pending the outcome of Graves' investigation,
the county Department of Corrections told CNN.


Source :cnn
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE