Overview
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said two former Hospital Galveston correctional officers, Kenneth McDaniel Jr. and Kamron Kirk, were arrested and charged with civil rights violations for improper sexual activity with people in custody.
- The Office of Inspector General opened a criminal probe after a female inmate reported she had been sexually assaulted, and that investigation led to the identification and arrest of the two officers.
- Both men were placed on leave in April during the inquiry and were fired after an internal administrative investigation concluded.
- McDaniel was being held on a $125,000 bond at the Galveston County Jail while Kirk’s online custody status was unclear, and the charges carry penalties of two to 20 years in prison.
- TDCJ says agency rules ban male officers from being alone with individual female inmates and prohibit cross-gender unclothed searches, and the case will test how the department enforces those safeguards and responds to sexual‑assault reports.