OAKLAND — Two extra former correctional officers pleaded responsible Thursday to sexually abusing feminine inmates on the Federal Correctional Establishment in Dublin, prosecutors stated.
Jeffrey Wilson, 34, and Lawrence Gacad, 33, are the eighth and ninth ex-prison guards to have both pleaded responsible or been convicted at trial as a part of an ongoing probe into sexual abuse of inmates at FCI Dublin, in line with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace.
As well as, Wilson admitted to mendacity to federal brokers about having sexual contact along with his sufferer.
Each males have been launched on bond. Wilson is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 6 and Gacad on Nov. 19.
Wilson was employed from July 2021 to September 2022 as a correctional officer on the jail, the place he served as a well being technician/paramedic, prosecutors stated. In that function, he was accountable for offering emergency evaluation and medical care to inmates.
In August 2021, Wilson started interacting with an inmate after she began taking medicine prescribed to her for seizures. He inspired her to switch from the jail to a camp the place there have been fewer medical personnel who would see their interactions.
Prosecutors stated Wilson admitted to participating in sexual acts on a number of events with the sufferer. He additionally gave her a $60 pre-paid bank card and a cellphone whereas she was on the camp. She used the telephone to take bare photos of herself and ship them to Wilson.
Gacad labored as a correctional officer at FCI Dublin from July 2021 to June 2022. Between March and June 2022, he kissed and groped an inmate who lived in one of many housing items he was generally assigned to protect, in line with prosecutors.
On June 25, Wilson was charged with 5 counts of sexual abuse of a ward and one depend of constructing false statements, and Gacad was charged with one depend of abusive sexual contact.
Wilson faces a most sentence of 15 years in jail and a high quality of $250,000 for every depend of sexual abuse of a ward and eight years in jail and a $250,000 high quality for the depend of constructing false statements. Gacad, in the meantime, faces a most sentence of two years in jail and a $250,000 high quality for the depend of abusive sexual contact.
“There is zero tolerance for federal correctional officers who violate their positions of trust and authority,” U.S. Lawyer Craig Missakian stated in an announcement. “And that is especially true where they use those positions to sexually abuse individuals in their custody.”
“Our investigations remain ongoing,” he continued, “and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who engages in these despicable acts.”
Initially Revealed: August 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM PDT
