Rhode Island Corrections Officer Had Sex With 3 Inmates: PD

CRANSTON, RI — A corrections officer at the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston has been charged with having sex with several inmates during a two-year period. Collins Umoh, 40, of Warwick was arrested on Tuesday and faces seven felony charges.

Rhode Island State Police said the incidents happened at the Gloria McDonald Women’s Facility on the ACI grounds between July 2017 and August 2018. During that period, Umoh is accused of having sex with three different female inmates on a total of seven occasions.

Following an investigation by Rhode Island State Police and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections' Office of Internal Affairs, Umoh was arrested Tuesday and charged with seven counts of having sexual relations with inmates as a corrections officer, which is a felony. He was arraigned in Providence Superior Court and released on $20,000 bond.

If convicted, Umoh would face up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

Umoh has been on paid administrative leave since the sexual assault allegations were reported in August 2018. He has served as a corrections officer for the past 11 years.

"This agency has no higher priority than running safe, secure and constitutional facilities, and the protection of ACI inmates from sexual misconduct is something we take particularly seriously," Rhode Island Department of Corrections Director Patricia A. Coyne-Fague said in a statement. "Anyone involved in sexual misconduct will face significant consequences."