More Guards Charged in Inmate Sex Assault Case
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Six more jail guards were charged in Pittsburgh in a scheme in which prosecutors say female inmates were given cash, drugs and other contraband in exchange for sex.
In all, 10 Allegheny County Jail guards have been charged with institutional sexual assault in the case, which involves at least 24 female inmates, Dist. Atty. Stephen Zappala Jr. said.
Zappala said the arrests followed a two-year grand jury investigation.
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