Correctional Officer Charged with Assault | Anchorage News

A former correctional officer in Fairbanks, Alaska, Richard Johnson, 47, has been charged with sexually assaulting an inmate during a transport in February 2024. Arrested after the Alaska Bureau of Investigation uncovered evidence by June 9, Johnson is now booked into the Fairbanks Correctional Center facing third-degree sexual assault charges — a shocking betrayal of trust that underscores urgent needs for oversight and accountability within the prison system.

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