Full Seventh Circuit Finds Wisconsin County Liable in Prison Rape Case

In a 7-4 en banc ruling, Seventh Circuit found a Wisconsin county liable for failing to supervise a male guard in charge of female inmates, allowing him to sexually assault five women hundreds of times over three years.

Darryl Christensen, a former Polk County jailer, was convicted in 2016 of sexually assaulting five female inmates hundreds of times over a three-year period.