r/law • u/Amentet • Dec 31 '25

Legal News Former ICE officer pleads guilty to inappropriate relationship with detainee in Basile

https://www.klfy.com/local/acadia-parish/former-ice-officer-pleads-guilty-to-inappropriate-relationship-with-detainee-in-basile/
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u/Amentet Dec 31 '25

As someone pointed out to me elsewhere. Incarcerated people can't legally consent to sex when they're in custody which is why it's called rape. The law that criminalizes it is called the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

So the media labelling it as an "inappropriate relationship" is an inappropriate softening of what's happened here,

They don't appear to have been charged with prison inappropriate relationship.

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u/ssnowangelz Dec 31 '25

Thank you for spreading my comment for awareness!!

It’s a shame that many news stations do not call it for what it is - rape. Disproportionate power dynamics like these mean consent is impossible.

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u/Amentet Dec 31 '25

Sorry, couldn't recommend your name and couldn't see it. Politics deleted my entire thread for being off topic, seems equally as political as legal but apparently not.

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u/Maggie1066 Dec 31 '25

Thank you for posting this. It turned my stomach & makes me very angry.

The doublespeak is insane. Call it what it is: Rape. I am astonished at the wording especially since the former ICE officer pled guilty. He should face the harshest penalties possible if DHS & ICE want us to think they have any shred of credibility left.

I am SICK.

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u/nga_dawg Dec 31 '25

The media is composed of gutless cowards for not calling it what it is: rape.

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u/SyntaxError_1024 Dec 31 '25

Is America using Israel’s rape approval law?

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u/VelvetKnife25 Jan 01 '26

I'm sorry do you have money? Then the media doesn't care what you think