Overview

• Jeffrey Wilson pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual abuse of a ward and a false-statement charge for incidents from March through August 2022.
• Lawrence Gacad admitted to one count of abusive sexual contact after exchanging explicit notes and emails and groping an inmate in early 2022.
• These latest pleas bring to ten the number of Dublin staff charged with sexual offenses, the highest tally at any federal prison.
• Former officer Darrell Wayne Smith saw his first trial end in a mistrial and is scheduled for a new trial on September 15.
• More than 100 women have secured over $116 million in class-action settlements and the prison was closed in 2024 with a court-appointed monitor installed to overhaul operations.