An inmate’s complaints of multiple sexual assaults at a Connecticut women’s prison led to firings and arrests; now her multi-million dollar lawsuit can proceed to trial

The multiple sexual assaults and intimidation of former inmate Cara Tangreti in 2013 and 2014, which resulted in the firing of four correctional officers and the arrest of three, is regarded as one of the most egregious cases of misconduct at the York Correctional Institute in East Lyme, even for a place from which dozens of complaints of sexual abuse have emanated over the years.