LOS ANGELES—A former guard at the federal lockup in downtown Los Angeles was sentenced March 20 to 10 years behind bars for raping an inmate who was being held in an isolation cell while recovering from COVID-19.
Jose Viera, 49, of Monterey Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who ordered Viera immediately remanded into custody. Wright also scheduled a June 20 restitution hearing in the case.
