Overview
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says two correctional officers were taken off duty after female inmates reported sexual assaults during medical visits at Hospital Galveston.
- TDCJ and the Office of Inspector General opened criminal and administrative investigations, and the officers are on unpaid leave with no criminal charges so far.
- A report filed in March prompted a second woman to disclose an alleged January assault, and her account named or described the same two officers.
- TDCJ says the earlier allegation also involved a third officer who had already been relieved from duty for a different reason.
- Hospital Galveston serves only state inmates, and TDCJ cites rules that bar male staff from being alone with a single female inmate or doing cross‑gender unclothed searches as advocates call for stronger oversight and better legal access for women in custody.