Crime & Safety

Ex-Correctional Officer At Dublin Federal Prison Convicted Of Sexual Misconduct

A jury found the officer, John Russell Bellhouse, guilty on five counts of sexual abuse for incidents between 2019 and 2020 at FCI Dublin.

June 6, 2023

OAKLAND -- A former federal correctional officer was convicted Monday of sexually abusing two inmates at a women's prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct.

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A jury found the officer, John Russell Bellhouse, guilty on five counts of sexual abuse for incidents involving the two women between 2019 and 2020 at FCI Dublin.

Bellhouse, 40, was scheduled to be sentenced in August.

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