Freya
03-04-2005, 08:39 PM
Posted on: Friday, March 4, 2005
Prison assault charges filed
By James Gonser
Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer
A prison guard accused of sexually assaulting two Hawai'i woman while they were serving sentences in Colorado has been charged there with two felonies.
Russell E. Rollison, 31, was charged with two counts of sexual assault in a prison. A conviction could net a one- to three-year prison term and between $1,000 and $100,000 in fines for each count, according to Hawai'i prison officials.
Gil Walker, president of GRW Corp., which owns the Brush Correctional Facility near Denver, visited Honolulu yesterday at the state's request to explain what happened and what changes will be made to keep Hawai'i inmates safe.
"I can assure you that your ladies are safe and are being taken care of medically, emotionally, physically," Walker said during a news conference yesterday at the state Department of Public Safety offices on Ala Moana Boulevard. "It is a very unfortunate incident that occurred."
To read the entire article visit:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/04/ln/ln12p.html/?print=on
It is still a shame that our Hawaii inmates are literally exiled to the mainland so far from home -- auwe!
Prison assault charges filed
By James Gonser
Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer
A prison guard accused of sexually assaulting two Hawai'i woman while they were serving sentences in Colorado has been charged there with two felonies.
Russell E. Rollison, 31, was charged with two counts of sexual assault in a prison. A conviction could net a one- to three-year prison term and between $1,000 and $100,000 in fines for each count, according to Hawai'i prison officials.
Gil Walker, president of GRW Corp., which owns the Brush Correctional Facility near Denver, visited Honolulu yesterday at the state's request to explain what happened and what changes will be made to keep Hawai'i inmates safe.
"I can assure you that your ladies are safe and are being taken care of medically, emotionally, physically," Walker said during a news conference yesterday at the state Department of Public Safety offices on Ala Moana Boulevard. "It is a very unfortunate incident that occurred."
To read the entire article visit:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/04/ln/ln12p.html/?print=on
It is still a shame that our Hawaii inmates are literally exiled to the mainland so far from home -- auwe!