SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A man who alleges he was raped by a fellow inmate at a San Diego County jail filed a lawsuit this week claiming jail staff were aware he was vulnerable to being attacked, yet failed to protect him.
The complaint filed Monday in federal court on behalf of a man identified only as John Doe alleges county jail staff failed to take appropriate measures to protect him after knowing “he had been attacked by other inmates on 15 to 20 occasions at county jails.”
Due to a diagnosis for autism spectrum disorder, the lawsuit states he was particularly prone to attacks by inmates because he “had difficulty navigating jail politics.”…