The female inmates expected a guard on a routine check when a door opened at the Clark County jail in Jeffersonville, Ind., late one night last October.
The two male inmates left, only to return with more men who exposed their genitals, yelled obscenities and groped the women, according to the lawsuit.
Two female inmates were raped, the lawsuit claims.
“A sheriff at the jail — they have one job, and that’s to keep inmates safe and secure.
That corrections officer, Lowe, told The Post he made a mistake that allowed male inmates to steal the keys that gave them access to the female pod.
Wilder, the attorney representing the sheriff’s office, challenged the female inmates’ claims implicating the agency.
Then, one of them raped her as the others threatened her to keep quiet, the inmates allege. »