O.L. Luther Unit: Difference between revisions

The facility has had a difficult history. In October 2001 inmate Nathan Essary was sexually abused by a corrections officer, sued, and discovered other inmate victims of the same officer. Their official complaints had been ignored. Essary collected "substantial" money damages in a civil case,<ref>{{cite news|title=Man raped by prison guard receives money damages in aclu lawsuit|url=https://www.aclu.org/news/man-raped-prison-guard-receives-money-damages-aclu-lawsuit|access-date=24 August 2016|publisher=ACLU press release|date=2 December 2004}}</ref> as well as a payment from the state and the officer's beach house.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowe |first1=Robert |date=3 December 2004 |title=nmateInmate awarded guard's beach house |url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Inmate-awarded-guard-s-beach-house-1490391.php |access-date=24 August 2016 |publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=3 December 2004}}</ref> In 2011, within a six-month period, two Luther guards were caught, fired, arrested, and charged with felonies related to bribery and smuggling.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Rosemary|title=Second local TDCJ worker arrested for bribery and prohibited item|url=http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/news/article_25a9c5ca-ef6f-11e0-a309-001cc4c03286.html|access-date=24 August 2016|publisher=Navasota Examiner|date=5 October 2011}}</ref>