Whitney Louis built a 15-year career as a psychologist helping incarcerated people learn how to transition back into society.
She expected to do the same when hired at Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility, a women’s minimum security prison in Taft, Oklahoma. Instead, she was thrown into the middle of what she alleges were sexual assault coverups.
A female prisoner accused a male corrections officer of bringing her contraband in exchange for oral sex.
A woman accused a corrections officer of having a sexual relationship with her and using his state phone to take nude images of her.
A woman reported to Louis a male corrections officer opened her shower curtain and watched as she showered.
Louis said she gained the trust of female prisoners through programs geared toward rehabilitation. Eventually, Louis filed a Prison Rape Elimination Act complaint that was never investigated.
“I told them there were at least eight of these rapes and sexual assaults that were happening between officers and inmates, and every one of them got to resign,” Louis said. “Like there were no charges brought to them. There was no investigation.”
Her allegations are documented in emails to the Office of Inspector General, which investigates crimes within the Department of Corrections.
Louis alleges that the DOC ignored multiple reports of sexual assault, including her own, which also took place at the prison. Louis applied for whistleblower protection, but was fired.
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