Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Of Inmate

BEDFORD, NY — A former correction officer from Brooklyn pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the constitutional rights of an inmate at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women by sexually assaulting her. Jeffrey Green, 48, of Brooklyn faces up to one year in prison after pleading guilty to one count of violating the constitutional civil rights of an inmate by subjecting her to cruel and unusual punishment, by subjecting her to abusive sexual contact.

Joon H. Kim, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said that Green admitted to assaulting a female inmate.

“Green betrayed his duty as a correction officer and violated the Constitution,” Kim said. “The protections of our Constitution do not end at our prisons’ walls.”

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According to the allegations:

The Bedford Facility is a jail complex located in Bedford Hills, in Westchester County, New York, maintained by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. At the time of the assault, Victim-1 was an inmate incarcerated at the Bedford Facility.

In the late evening hours of March 10, 2016, GREEN unlocked and opened the cell of Victim-1, and entered her cell unaccompanied by any other correction officer or other Bedford Facility staff. GREEN then grabbed Victim-1 by her arms, held her with her back against the wall of her cell, and began to lick, kiss, and bite her neck area, and to fondle her chest. After Victim-1 pushed GREEN away, he grabbed her, pushed her up against the wall of her cell, and again forced himself on her. GREEN then pulled up the shirt and bra of Victim-1 and bit, licked, and kissed her neck, chest, and breast and nipple areas, and fondled Victim-1’s groin area. GREEN was subsequently interrupted by the arrival of another correction officer knocking on a door to be admitted into the unit, upon which GREEN immediately departed Victim-1’s cell.

Victim-1 reported the assault the following morning, and a medical examination produced samples taken from Victim-1’s neck, left breast, and right breast that gave positive results with a presumptive test for saliva. A swab from Victim-1’s left breast generated a single-source male profile.

Green is scheduled to be sentenced August 7.

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