This lawsuit, filed in conjunction with the ACLU National Prison Project, seeks compensation for Robin Darbyshire, a pre-trial detainee who was sexually assaulted by an employee of a privately owned prisoner transport company during a four-day extradition. Defendants include Extraditions International, based in Commerce City, Colorado, and Richard Almendarez, the guard accused of perpetrating the assault.
ACLU news releases:
- "ACLU sues private prisoner transport company over sexual assault and death threats against woman," ACLU News Release, April 11, 2002
- "Private prisoner transport company pays damages in lawsuit over sexual assault and death threats against woman," ACLU News Release, March 14, 2003
ACLU case number
2002-01
