By Carol Christian
Chron
LIVE OAK COUNTY — Two women who say they suffered repeated sexual assault and humiliation at the hands of former Live Oak County Jail guards have sued the county and the men in federal court in Corpus Christi.
“Beginning sometime in 2007 to at least August of 2010, the Live Oak County Sheriff’s office ran a ‘rape camp’ known as the Live Oak County Jail,” the women state in the complaint filed June 12 in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi. Live Oak County is a largely rural area, about half-way between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. The Live Oak County Jail is in the county seat, George West.
“In this facility, numerous jailers, all employed by the Live Oak County Sheriff’s Office, repeatedly raped and humiliated female inmates over an extended period of time,” the complaint states.
The three former jailers named as defendants in the suit are Vincent Aguilar, Israel Charles Jr. and Jaime Smith. Aguilar is an inmate in the J.B. Wheeler State Jail in Plainview, Smith is incarcerated at the Buster Cole State Jail in Bonham and Charles lives in Bee County, according to the complaint. The same men were also defendants in a similar suit filed Aug. 20 by two other women.
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