Woman wins $6.7M from Sheriff Clarke jail after being raped repeatedly

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On Wednesday, a jury ordered the Milwaukee County jail, run by Sheriff David Clarke, who recently announced he has been appointed to the Department of Homeland Security, to pay the victim $6.7 million.

On Wednesday, a jury awarded $6.7 million dollars to a Jane Doe who testified that she was repeatedly raped by a guard in the Milwaukee County jail while she was pregnant, and later forced to give birth to her daughter in shackles.

The incidents took place four years ago, when the woman was 20 years old and in the early stages of pregnancy. According to the civil complaint, the victim was first sexually assaulted soon after she was held in pre-trial detention. While she was waiting for a medical examination, a corrections officer named Xavier Thicklen, who was responsible for transporting inmates to the clinic, approached her in her cell and touched her genitals. Thicklen then refused to take her to her doctor's appointment.

In another instance, Thicklen falsely told the woman that she had an an attorney visit to isolate and rape her. According to court documents, he threatened to send her to the maximum security area of the jail if she reported his actions to anyone. Thicklen sexually assaulted the woman five times. (He committed one of these assaults right before she went into labor, and another while she was recovering in the hospital a few days after giving birth.)

"He used his keys, his power, his authority to get in these places and rape me," she said during the trial, the Journal Sentinel reports.

Additionally, the victim was forced to give birth while she was in shackles; during the trial, she argued this served no purpose other than to punish her. Many prison reform and civil liberties organization have urged an end to this practice, which is unfortunately common.

"Shackling pregnant women is dangerous and inhumane. Although widely regarded as an assault on human dignity as well as an unsafe medical practice, women prisoners are still routinely shackled during pregnancy and childbirth," the ACLU said in a recent report. "During labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery, shackling can interfere with appropriate medical care and be detrimental to the health of the mother and her newborn child."

In a criminal trial in 2014, Thicklen maintained that he did not sexually assault the inmate, and took a plea deal for one felony count of misconduct in public office. According to Thicklen's lawyer, the misconduct charge was for giving Doe candy and gum and letting her make an unauthorized phone call. He was only sentenced to three days in jail and a fine of $200 dollars.

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I dislike David Clarke with a passion. He is such a cruel man. I can't believe he represents my city and State.

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5 minutes ago, ZacharyMark said:

I dislike David Clarke with a passion. He is such a cruel man. I can't believe he represents my city and State.

I saw him in tv once and couldn't get over what a sick **** he was 

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This was so hard to read, i don't think the money would help, but i really hope she and her baby are in a better place now and one day leave the past behind, how horrible

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Only 6.7m?  

But people can get more than that for way less heinous things