REGIONAL — A day after a U.S. Senator called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to fire the head of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), another male corrections officer
A correctional officer from Pleasanton faces a felony count of sexual abuse of a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institute Dublin, becoming the latest official charged with sex crimes against inmates at the all-female prison.
John Bellhouse, 39, of Pleasanton, worked at the Federal Correctional Institute Dublin as safety administrator and allegedly engaged in sexual acts with an inmate last year, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.