Ex-youth jail official gets 10 years for sex abuse
ODESSA -- A former Texas youth jail administrator has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage inmate.
Jurors spent more than an hour deliberating Friday before handing down the sentence for Ray Edward Brookins.
Brookins was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing a teenage inmate at the Texas Youth Commission's West Texas State School in 2004. The case ignited a statewide scandal over the treatment of young offenders.
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Prosecutors had asked for the maximum 20-year sentence. Assistant Attorney General Ralph Guerrero told jurors that “these kids needed a father-figure and he treated them like human sex toys.”
Brookins denied ever sexually assaulting anyone.
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