Man accused of raping female inmate while being booked into Oklahoma County jail – FOX23 News

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Police have issued an arrest warrant for a person accused of raping a handcuffed lady while each have been being booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center.

It’s the most recent in a string of incidents which have led to ongoing protests about situations on the jail.

Despite being caught on surveillance cameras, the suspect within the case just isn’t in jail.

“I don’t want to ever make light of a situation, but this is the latest terrible thing there,” Sean Cummings mentioned.

In July, surveillance cameras within the consumption space of the Oklahoma County Detention Center documented an encounter between 44-year-old Donta Thomas and a female inmate. An arrest affidavit states that Thomas walked away from detention officers and walked across the nook to the place a female inmate was handcuffed.

“Why was she unattended? Why was the male unattended? Why was he not in shackles?” Cummings mentioned.

After speaking to the lady for about half-hour, the video exhibits Thomas taking down the lady’s pants and having intercourse along with her in opposition to her will. He stopped after a detention officer noticed him and was then positioned in handcuffs.

District Attorney David Prater mentioned Friday that “this is yet another example of the Jail Trust’s complete disregard for those they are responsible for protecting.”

“They had this video for a couple of months. They knew they had it. They knew what happened and did nothing,” Cummings mentioned.

Greg Williams, CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, mentioned in an announcement that “we deeply regret the harm that was suffered in this situation. We used it as an opportunity to evaluate and update our operations as well as to remind our staff of the critical importance of following procedures at all times. We also have an ongoing internal investigation on the actions of the detention officer during this incident.”

Authorities will serve the first-degree rape arrest warrant for Thomas.

“Everyone says, ‘Well, that’s about training.’ And we look at the video and see what we can do better,” Cummings mentioned. “This isn’t the NFL. These people’s lives that we have taken custody of.”

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