Correctional officer arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an inmate at Framingham State Prison for Women

Gomes allegedly sexually abused a female inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, where he worked as a correctional officer, on several occasions and purchased underwear for several inmates, the statement said.

He was arrested at his home in Rhode Island, the statement said.

Gomes is the first person charged with rape under an updated legal provision in Middlesex County, authorities said. The law was changed in 2020 to prevent law enforcement from engaging in sexual relations with anyone in their care or control, the statement said.

Neither the state correctional authority nor the correctional officers' union immediately responded to requests for comment on Wednesday evening.

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