In December 2020, Officer J.R. Belt placed a male inmate, detained on multiple violent charges, into the same cell as a female inmate who was on suicide watch. During the approximately 1.5 hours they were together, the male inmate raped the female inmate. The female inmate was later charged with filing a false police report, but the charges were dismissed after video evidence confirmed the assault. Belt’s employment ended in September 2022.
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