The Knoxville News-Sentinel
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Three jailers have been fi red and one suspended for encouraging female inmates who put on a mock fashion show that included a bikini made from a sweat shirt.
“They used their prison uniforms and anything else for the fashion show,” sheriff’s office administrator Larry Lowman said of the 10 Bedford County Jail inmates who participated.
Alma Cantu watched the inmates through a large security window while three male guards — Steven Qualls, Jason Carden and Jamie Farris — watched them on security monitors, Lowman and Sheriff Randall Boyce said.
One of the guards also took pictures with a cell-phone camera but later deleted them, he said. Farris later reported the incident and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation looked into it. There was no physical contact between the guards and inmates during the Nov. 11 incident, offi cials said.
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