Former prison guard to serve no time for sexually assaulting inmates

A former Kentucky correctional officer who admitted to sexually assaulting inmates where he worked will not be going to prison.James Johnson, 54, was sentenced Monday to seven years of probation but he must attend a diversion program.Johnson assaulted inmates at the Kentucky Correctional Institute for women in Pewee Valley.Investigators say Johnson supplied drugs to inmates then sexually abused them.He accepted a plea deal on charges of sexual abuse, trafficking in a controlled substance and official misconduct.

A former Kentucky correctional officer who admitted to sexually assaulting inmates where he worked will not be going to prison.

James Johnson, 54, was sentenced Monday to seven years of probation but he must attend a diversion program.


Johnson assaulted inmates at the Kentucky Correctional Institute for women in Pewee Valley.

Investigators say Johnson supplied drugs to inmates then sexually abused them.

He accepted a plea deal on charges of sexual abuse, trafficking in a controlled substance and official misconduct.