{"id":317930,"date":"2021-03-26T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=317930"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:30:38","slug":"washington-state-department-of-corrections-contractor-admits-she-falsely-accused-inmate-of-rape-to-cover-up-her-own-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-state-department-of-corrections-contractor-admits-she-falsely-accused-inmate-of-rape-to-cover-up-her-own-sexual-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Department Of Corrections Contractor Admits She Falsely Accused Inmate Of Rape To Cover Up Her Own Sexual Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-state-department-of-corrections-contractor-admits-she-falsely-accused-inmate-of-rape-to-cover-up-her-own-sexual-misconduct%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=317930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3719.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Washington woman contracted by the state Department of Corrections admitted Monday that she falsely accused an inmate of rape to cover up her attempts to pressure the man into having sex with her.<\/p>\n<p>The Kitsap Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.kitsapsun.com\/amp\/6929823002\">reported<\/a> that 32-year-old Taressa Jolene Browning worked for Progress House, a company contracted by the state to operate the Peninsula Work Release facility. Browning worked as a facility monitor, monitoring inmates that had been released from prison and driving them to and from work.<\/p>\n<p>In that role, she met an inmate \u2013 who has not been named \u2013 and, according to prosecutors, began pressuring the man into having sex with her. The man reportedly did not want to have sex with Browning and feared she could send him back to prison if he didn\u2019t submit. It was not the victim who reported Browning, but a different inmate, the Sun reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t snitch, he isn\u2019t a snitch,\u201d Deputy Prosecutor Ben Turner told Judge Michelle Adams of the victim. \u201cIt was a different inmate who thwarted this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Detectives confronted Browning with the allegations. Initially, she said she did not have sex with the inmate, but when detectives said they would search her vehicle, she accused the inmate of raping her.<\/p>\n<p>Turner said the false accusation caused harm to the innocent inmate, who \u201csuffered repercussions at the hands of fellow inmates,\u201d the Sun reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurner told Judge Adams that one of his motivations to settle the case with a full admission of guilt rather than wait for a trial \u2014 which could take a year or more as a result of a backlog from the pandemic \u2014 was because of the danger the man would face while in custody because of&nbsp;Browning\u2019s false rape allegation,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Turner went on to say that the \u201cwhole time the victim would be in jeopardy because of the allegation that he committed a sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Browning last month pleaded \u201cguilty to first-degree custodial sexual misconduct, second-degree extortion, malicious prosecution and attempted first-degree sexual misconduct,\u201d the Sun reported.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the plea agreement, Browning offered a tearful apology to her victim, saying she knew she caused the man additional harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the victim and I am sorry,\u201d she said, according to the Sun. \u201cHe should have been able to trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Browning was asked by a state Department of Corrections interviewer whether she had been trained on the 2003 federal law that prohibited employees and contractors from having sex with inmates. Browning said she was given paperwork about the law and \u201cbasically told not to have sex with inmates,\u201d but that she \u201chadn\u2019t been able to really read it all\u201d because she had a 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade reading aptitude.<\/p>\n<p>For her false accusation that caused harm to an innocent person, Browning was sentenced to 180 days in jail, including time already served. She faced a maximum penalty of 17 months.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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