Male prison guard charged with sexual assault involving female inmate in Edmonton – Edmonton | 24CA News

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Published 03.03.2023
Male prison guard charged with sexual assault involving female inmate in Edmonton – Edmonton | 24CA News

A 55-year-old man, who was working as a correctional officer on the Edmonton Institute for Women, has been charged after a sexual assault on the facility.

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In August 2022, Edmonton police acquired a report of a historic sexual assault on the correctional facility.

They had been instructed {that a} male correctional officer had confined and sexually assaulted an grownup feminine inmate in January 2022.

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On Feb. 28, 2023, Peter Wolf, 55, was arrested and charged with sexual assault, illegal confinement and breach of belief by a public officer.

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He is scheduled to seem in courtroom on April 11.

The EPS thanked Correctional Service Canada for its co-operation with this investigation.

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