In 2018, Officer Black was accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate on two separate occasions while she was sleeping in her cell. The victim filed a $20 million lawsuit in 2024, alleging that the officer entered her cell without consent and committed acts of sexual abuse. The lawsuit also claims that the sheriff’s office failed to address a history of widespread sexual abuse of female inmates. ([whec.com](https://www.whec.com/top-news/womans-22-million-suit-alleges-sexual-abuse-by-corrections-officer-while-in-wayne-county-jail/?utm_source=openai))
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