A former prison guard who sexually assaulted an inmate in a blanket room at Taycheedah Correctional Institution, a women's prison in central Wisconsin has been sentenced to 2 years probation and 3 months jail with work release privileges.
Dustin M. Schultz, 20, of Brandon, was convicted in September of second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff for having sexual contact with the 26-year-old woman last May.
Schultz was sentenced Monday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. He was granted work release privileges and ordered to report to jail March 7.
Defense lawyer Michael Sias said that Schultz was being "groomed" and "worked" by the inmates and described Schultz as being naive and flattered by the inmate's crush on him.
Kaye Watkins, who prepared a presentence investigation report, said the victim and another inmate who stood watch during the encounter had "approached him in order to get some perks."
Schultz apologized to the court and expressed his desire to put the incident behind him.
"I know what I did was wrong. I've regretted it every day since," Schultz said. "I'm ready for this to be over with so I can try and get on with my life."
If this was a 20 year old and a 13 year old girl, he would not have been sentenced to just 3 months in prison. The same reasoning and lack of values behind asult/minor sex is behing guard/inmate sex. People without power do not groom those with it; it's vice versa.
Definition of exploitation (from this blog):
"To exploit someone is to make use of him or her for one's own ends by playing on a weakness or vulnerability. Those with power have the inherent potential to exploit those without power."Sexual Exploitation in Schools: How to Spot It and Stop It." p 7
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