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An inmate in the Lafourche Parish Detention Center is facing additional charges after he allegedly raped two other males in the facility.
Inmate Patrick Price, 34, of Thibodaux, faces charges of rape and sexual battery in the incidents.
Authorities said they learned that Price tried to coerce each inmate into sexual intercourse by using threats of violence against them and their families.
After each refused, he then forcibly engaged in sexual intercourse with each in separate incidents.
Following an investigation, warrants were obtained for second-degree rape for one incident and first-degree rape and sexual battery in the other.
Price was booked on the additional charges on Monday.
He was in jail already on charges including aggravated battery, aggravated assault, simple burglary, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony simple criminal damage to property and two counts of theft.
Bond is set at $695,500, but he is not eligible to post it because of a hold by Louisiana Probation and Parole.
He is also being held on charges in Assumption.
“While inmate Price has multiple arrests in his criminal history, he did not have any charges nor has he shown any behaviors that would have alarmed our staff that he should be considered a sexual predator,” said Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre. “We will continue to exhaust every measure to prevent this type of behavior from existing.
The sheriff said the parish’s new jail, which is set to open in the fall, will give correctional officers the ability to monitor inmates at all times, which would likely prevent an incident like this from happening.
“This is another example of why we believe direct supervision is necessary. Having a correctional officer in a housing unit around the clock has been proven to deter such behaviors,” Webre said.
