BATON ROUGE — A former Elayn Hunt Correctional Officer is suing the Louisiana Department of Corrections, her former place of employment, as well as the system warden and chief of security after she claimed they cultivated a work atmosphere that allowed her to be sexually assaulted.
Deshunta Miller filed a civil suit on July 6 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
According to the suit, Miller was raped by an inmate on July 17, 2020, while she was performing her job duties.
The suit states that the prison security tape shows inmate Erick Dehart “entering (Miller’s work) area and grabbing her from behind with some type of weapon in his hand.”
The suit alleges that cell locks where she worked were defective, as was the beeper that could have aided in her attack.
Miller is under the care of a counselor “as a result of the severe emotional distress, and emotional physical trauma, stress and distress resulting from the rape.”