New York Adult Entertainment: DA: Correction Officer Had Sex with Inmates
Mark Barber, 47, is facing charges he used his power to threaten inmates to comply to his deviant demands by forcing female inmates to have sex with him. The alleged trysts took place in all sorts of private locations he had access to throughout the jail.
District Attorney Kathleen Rice says if an inmate rebuffed Barber’s advances he would threaten to make their lives miserable.
Barber, a veteran corrections officer and one time union head, is accused of using his position as a grievance officer to first shower inmates with jail contraband like cigarettes, candy and phone calls.
“He used his position to seek out vulnerable inmates he could terrorize and sexually assault,” said Rice. “Many of these woman had histories of drug abuse, prostitution and even mental health issues.”