PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A former inmate is suing staff of the Oregon Department of Corrections, alleging they failed to protect him from a convicted sex offender.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the former inmate, who says he was sexually assaulted repeatedly by the convicted sex offender placed in a cell with him, is seeking $5 million in damages in a civil rights lawsuit filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in Portland.
He claims Gianfranco Coraquillo should never have been put in the same holding cell with him at the medium-security Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem.
Court records show Coraquillo was convicted in 2011 of three counts of first-degree sexual abuse for a 2010 offense involving a 10-year-old girl.
He’s not due for release from prison until January 2023.
Corrections Department spokeswoman Jennifer Black declined comment, citing the pending lawsuit.
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Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com
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