A prison female teacher who was mercilessly and brutally r*ped by a convicted $ex offender has opted to use other means to seek for justice.
FILE – This Jan. 30, 2014 photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows inmate Jacob Harvey, accused of attacking a state prison teacher in Florence, Ariz. An Arizona prison teacher who was left alone in a cla$$room and then r*ped by Harvey a convicted $ex offender has reached a settlement in her lawsuit accusing corrections officials of failing to protect her. Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday, Dec. 28, the case was “settled to the satisfaction of all parties” and that his office strives to pursue justice in every case. (Arizona Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Jacob Harvey r*ped the teacher brutally
An Arizona prison teacher who was left alone in a cla$$room and then r*ped by a convicted $ex offender has reached a settlement in her lawsuit accusing corrections officials of failing to protect her.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday the case was “settled to the satisfaction of all parties” and that his office strives to pursue justice in every case. However, a settlement notice didn’t specify terms of the deal, and Brnovich told The a$$ociated Press that a confidentiality provision barred him from discussing the details.
The teacher’s 2014 lawsuit didn’t specify damages sought, but she previously filed a claim seeking $4 million. Her attorney, Scott Zwillinger, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Jacob Harvey was sentenced to life in prison this year after pleading guilty to the January 2014 r*pe at the Eyman state prison in Florence. He was in the first year of a 30-year term for raping a suburban Phoenix woman during a home invasion when he a$$aulted the teacher in a cla$$room.
Harvey repeatedly stabbed the teacher with a pen before raping her, according to investigative reports and the teacher. The AP generally doesn’t identify people who report being victims of $exual a$$ault.
The state’s workplace safety agency fined the Corrections Department $14,000 for failing to ensure the teacher’s safety, but that fine is being appealed. After the r*pe, prison officials sent out only a vague news release that referred to an a$$ault on an employee. The details of the a$$ault came to light after the AP obtained documents under a public records request and interviewed people familiar with the case.
The teacher told the AP in a 2014 interview that she felt traumatized by the attack. The workplace-safety investigation was launched in July after the AP story provided the first detailed account of the a$$ault.
The lawsuit accused prison employees of failing to establish proper security. It also said the department’s health care provider improperly a$$essed the Harvey’s health, allowing him to be cla$$ified as a low-risk offender.
Corrections Department spokesman Doug Nick in 2014 called the a$$ault a “cowardly and despicable crime” but also said the department disputed the lawsuit’s allegations. The attorney general’s office argued unsuccessfully in court that the lawsuit should be thrown out. a$$istant Attorney General Jonathan Weisbard wrote that the teacher routinely worked in cla$$rooms and there is always a risk of a$$ault when working with prisoners.
However, the judge hearing the case refused to dismiss the lawsuit, saying it raised plausible allegations that top officials created a dangerous environment that led to the r*pe. After the a$$ault, prison officials installed cameras in prison cla$$rooms, increased patrols and issued pepper spray to civilian workers. They have said issuing pepper spray was planned before the r*pe.
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