Prosecutor: Former AR Prison Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Inmates

Arkansas Matters
December 17, 2015

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/prosecutor-former-ar-prison-chaplain-sexually-assaulted-inmates

NEWPORT, Ark. - A former chaplain for the Arkansas Department of Correction has been charged with 50 counts of Sexual Assault in the Third Degree.

Kenneth L. Dewitt, 67, of Woodruff and Saline counties is alleged to have committed these crimes from January 2013 through September 2014.

The charges were announced in a news release issued Thursday by Henry Boyce, Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney.

Dewitt was a chaplain at the Arkansas Department of Correction McPherson women’s unit in Newport when it is alleged he had sexual contact with three inmates from January 2013 through September 2014 when he left the prison.