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Dodge County, WI — 34-year-old Alex Wouts was recently found guilty of sexually assaulting three inmates on multiple occasions where he worked at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution. To make matters even worse, Wouts was HIV positive and had unprotected sexual contact with these men, knowingly putting them at risk.

DNA evidence confirmed the accusations against Wouts, including samples taken from inmates underwear.

Wouts was found guilty of five counts of second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. In addition to his sentencing, Wouts is also ordered to register as a sex offender upon release.

Dodge County Assistant District Attorney James Sempf called Wouts a “serial rapist” during sentencing.

“The corrosive nature of the disparity in the power dynamic is a factor in what makes this offense so serious. The defendant can fairly be classified as a serial rapist,” Sempf said.

Sempf asked the court to give Wouts a 120-year sentence so he would never be let out of prison.

While working at the correctional facility, Wouts would threaten inmates with punishments and offer rewards to coerce them into sexual acts. According to one of the victims who came forward, Wouts said that he had been doing this with different inmates for nearly 10 years. One of the victims estimated that he had over 50 sexual encounters with Wouts.

“When you rape someone, it doesn’t matter that you act like you are remorseful in the courtroom. It doesn’t matter that you were only caught once. When you rape someone, you do not get to pretend that you made a mistake. … You knew that I was not consenting,” the victim said.

When Wouts was first questioned about the allegations on Dec. 4, 2015, he reportedly laughed and told investigators that he was “not gay and would never ruin his reputation or his family to do something like that within the prison system.”

Fox Lake Correctional warden Randall Hepp said that Wouts is one of the worst correctional officers to come through the facility.

“When an individual is sentenced to prison, it is understood that his choices will be reduced, his privileges will be restricted and his choices will be limited. However, when an individual is sentenced to prison, they are committed to our custody and entrusted in our care and they deserve and are entitled to our protection. Wouts disregarded principles,” Hepp said.

Wouts still claims that he is innocent and that he has never sexually assaulted any of these men.

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