Former Kansas inmate awarded $2.5 million in prison sex case
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September 2, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – A former Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who was sexually assaulted by an instructor at the women's prison in 2007 has been awarded $2.5 million by a federal judge, but it is not certain she'll ever see any of that money.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree on Tuesday issued the ruling against Ananstacio Gallardo for $750,000 in actual damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages for assaulting the woman, who became pregnant as a result of the incident.
Gallardo, who was a vocational plumbing instructor at the Topeka facility, pleaded guilty to one felony...
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