BASILE, La. (KLFY) — A former detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile has plead guilty today in a Lafayette federal court to having an inappropriate relationship with a detainee.
David Courvelle, 56, entered the guilty plea to one count of sexual abuse of a ward or individual in federal custody, before U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
According to court records, Courvelle worked as a contract detention officer at the facility, which is operated by GEO Group Inc., between Jan. 1 and July 30. The facility houses women and detainees of various gender identities…