Two More Federal Prison Correctional Officers Charged with Sexually Abusing Female Inmates

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Two more federal prison correctional officers were charged with sexually abusing multiple female inmates, officials announced Thursday.

According to authorities, the charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the Bureau of Prisons — BOP.

Nakie Nunley, 48, of Fairfield, California, and Andrew Jones, 35, of Pleasanton, California, were each charged by information with multiple counts of sexually abusing female inmates, officials allege.

Then, officials stated that the defendants lied about the abuse to federal investigations.

Both Nunley and Jones were employed as federal correctional officers during the abuse. Both have agreed to plead guilty in written plea agreements, which were filed concurrently with the charging documents.

“The FBI is unrelenting in its protection of the civil rights of all individuals, including those who are incarcerated,” said FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate. “No matter where these crimes occur, violence of any type destroys the safety and protection that every person deserves. We will continue to pursue investigations into any Bureau of Prisons official who abuses their position and assaults those in their care.”

“Nunley and Jones are the seventh and eighth individuals charged with sexually abusing inmates at FCI (Federal Correctional Institute) Dublin. Five individuals, including the Warden and Chaplain, have been convicted of sexual abuse of inmates,” said Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz. “The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General  (DOJ-OIG) is continuing to investigate these heinous allegations at FCI Dublin and is aggressively pursuing justice for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of rogue BOP employees.”

Nunley was charged with engaging in sexual acts and sexual contacts with five women who were serving prison sentences at FCI Dublin at the time of the abuse.

Nunley was also charged with lying to federal investigators about the sexual abuse and writing sexually explicit notes with one of his victims.

Jones was charged with engaging in sexual acts with three women serving prison sentences at FCI Dublin and lying to federal investigators about sexually abusing one of these victims. 

Nakie Nunley

Nunley was employed as a correctional officer at FCI Dublin, where he supervised prisoners who worked in UNICOR, a trade name for the federal prison industries.

All of Nunley’s victims worked at the UNICOR call center at the time of his abuse. According to his plea agreement, Nunley admits that between March 2020 and November 2021, he engaged in sexual acts with two prisoners, including having oral and vaginal sex with one victim and digitally penetrating another victim on multiple occasions.

He also admitted that he engaged in illegal sexual contacts with three other prisoners and that he lied to federal investigators about sexually abusing his victims and about sending one of his victims sexually explicit notes.

In addition to the five victims, Nunley also admitted in his plea agreement that he sexually abused two other prisoners who worked at UNICOR.

Nunley admitted that he digitally penetrated one victim’s vagina and caused her to touch his penis under his pants, resulting in him ejaculating in her hand. Nunley admitted that he caused another victim to perform oral sex on him.

Nunley also admitted that he engaged in other inappropriate behavior. For example, Nunley agreed that he wrote sexual notes to one of his victims and made sexual comments to multiple victims.

Moreover, when one of his victims approached him about his conduct towards another victim, Nunley threatened her by raising with her the potential that she could be transferred to another facility and that she could lose her job.

Similarly, Nunley admitted that he told another victim that if she wanted to keep her job at UNICOR, she needed to pull down her underwear and bend over. When she complied, Nunley slapped her buttocks several times.

Andrew Jones

Jones was employed as a correctional officer at FCI Dublin, supervising prisoners working in the Food Services Department.

According to his plea agreement, between July 2020 and June 2021, Jones admitted that he received oral sex from or had sexual intercourse with, three female prisoners who worked for him in the FCI Dublin kitchen.

Jones admitted that he sexually abused these prisoners in multiple places near the FCI Dublin kitchen, including a staff bathroom, a warehouse, and a room where kitchen utensils were kept.

In addition, like Nunley, Jones admitted in his plea agreement that he engaged in improper conduct in addition to the conduct for which he was charged in the Information.

Specifically, Jones admitted that he also had sexual intercourse and received oral sex from an additional victim on multiple other occasions between July and December 2020, and that he had sexual intercourse with yet another victim multiple times between March and June 2021.

FCI Dublin Investigation

As part of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into FCI Dublin, eight FCI Dublin correctional officers, including the former Warden, have been charged with crimes related to the sexual abuse of the female prisoners at the facility.

In December 2022, former Warden Ray J. Garcia was convicted by a jury of sexually abusive conduct against three female victims and was sentenced to 70 months in prison for his crimes.

To date, the tally of correctional officers charged with misconduct as part of the Justice Department’s investigation is as follows:

DOJ-OIG and the FBI investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Molly K. Priedeman and Andrew Paulson for the Northern District of California.