Eight unidentified women in one suit detailed claims of rape, assault and intimidation in October at Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, just north of Louisville, Kentucky.
"These systemic failures allowed numerous male assailants to have free run of the jail for several hours, resulting in a night of terror for the plaintiffs and other victims," the most recent suit said. Lowe, who was subsequently dismissed, has been charged criminally with trafficking an inmate, aiding escape and official misconduct, local TV station WPTA reported.
The women did not immediately report the attack because of threats made by the male prisoners, attorney Stephen Wagner of Wagner Reese, representing the eight women, said.
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