Former Hutto supervisor pleads guilty to federal charges of molesting detained women

A former Corrections Corporation

of America supervisor at the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor has pled guilty to federal charges of sexually molesting detained women as they were being transported to the Austin airport.  According to the Statesman blog post (Claire Osborn, "Former worker at detention center pleads guilty to molesting women," September 7, 2011) on the story,

"A former residential supervisor at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor pleaded guilty this week to molesting women he was transporting them from the center to the airport or bus terminal.

Donald Dunn pleaded guilty to two federal deprivation of rights charges, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office.

Dunn admitted to touching illegal female immigrants “in a sexual manner” between December 2009 and May 2010, the release said. He said that he would stop the vehicle along the way, order them to get out and convince them he was conducting a legitimate search, it said.

Dunn has not been sentenced but faces up to one year in federal prison and a fine of up to $100,000 for each charge, the release said."

Dunn has already served a year in state prison for the crimes.  See our previous coverage of sexual abuse at Hutto:

• Update on Hutto Guard Convicted Charges Related to Sexual Oppression, May 18, 2011
• Sentence rendered for Hutto guard convicted of groping detained women, November 21, 2010
• Court appearance for T. Don Hutto's accused groping guard, September 11, 2010
• Human Rights Watch report details sexual assaults in ICE-contracted detention centers, August 26, 2010
• Former CCA Supervisor arrestested in sexual assault cases at Hutto, August 20, 2010
• Reactions to Hutto sexual abuse scandal, Wednesday, June 2, 2010
• ICE investigating CCA for sexual assaults against women detained at T. Don Hutto, May 29, 2010
• No One Held Accountable in Hutto Sexual Abuse Case, January 22, 2008
• Problems Pile Up at Hutto: Employee Fired for Inappropriate Contact, May 23, 2007