Third former Daggett County jail inmate files lawsuit over abuse, torture

A third former inmate at the Daggett County jail filed suit in federal court Wednesday claiming that he was repeatedly shocked with stun guns and subjected to dog attacks by a guard at the remote facility in the state’s least populated county.

Joshua Asay, 27, joined former inmates Dustin Law Porter, 37, and Steven Drollette, 48, in an ACLU civil-rights lawsuit against Daggett County, the Utah Department of Corrections, and former supervisors and guards at the jail. The 80-inmate facility was closed by state officials in February 2017 after an initial investigation showed widespread violations and abuses by jail staff.

A fourth inmate, Joshua Reed Olsen, 29, also said he was tortured at the jail by former guard Joshua Cox but has retained separate counsel.

Cox, 28, is now on probation after serving a four-month sentence on his guilty plea to three felonies, including aggravated assault. Four other men accused by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes of criminal misconduct in the case, including former Daggett County Sheriff Jerry Jorgensen, received lesser sentences.

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