FORT WORTH, Texas - A former correctional officer at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Fort Worth pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to one count of sexual abuse with a ward, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
Rudy Ramon, 54, of Grand Prairie, Texas, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of 15 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Ramon will remain on bond pending sentencing, which is set for Feb. 18, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means.
According to documents filed in the case, on the first or second Sunday of November 2014, Ramon engaged in a sex act with an individual who was an inmate assigned to FCI Fort Worth. At the time of the sex act, the inmate was under the custodial, supervisory, or disciplinary authority of Ramon, a BOP Correctional Officer.
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General is conducting the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Poe is prosecuting.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
