Yesterday, a federal grand jury issued an eight-count indictment charging former Warden of the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, Ray J. Garcia with seven counts of sexually abusive conduct against three women who were in custody at the prison. Garcia, who bonded out and lives in Merced, was also indicted on one count of lying to government agents last July telling authorities that he never asked women to get naked or touch them inappropriately when in fact he did. Five officers including Garcia, have now been charged with the sexual abuse of a ward at FCI Dublin since last year. Garcia has pleaded not guilty to his September 2021 charges: Sexually assaulting one woman, sexually harassing another and keeping naked pictures of one of the women on his work computer. Federal prosecutors allege that at one point, Garcia requested that at least two women strip naked for him while he was doing his rounds. Garcia then allegedly tried to prevent the woman from coming forward, telling her that he was "close friends" with the person responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct by inmates adding that he could not be fired, according to an FBI affidavit filed with the court. For two years before his arrest, Garcia led training on the Prison Rape Elimination Act and trained all newly arrived supervisors on these procedures and policies. Story below.
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