A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California faces additional charges connected to allegations from inmates who say they were subjected to his rampant sexual abuse while they were incarcerated, starting as far back as 2016.
Darrell Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, was arrested on May 11, 2023, in Florida on a 12-count indictment. At the time, he was accused of sexually abusing three women in their prison cells and in the prison’s laundry room between 2019 and 2021, prosecutors said.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release Friday that a federal grand jury issued a superseding indictment that now charges Smith with 15 counts of sexual abuse, including civil rights violations against five female victims in his custody and control at the prison.
“As alleged, Officer Darrell Smith engaged in appalling criminal acts when he sexually abused those in his care and custody,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a …