Woman describes rapes by Milwaukee County Jail guard and giving birth while shackled

A 19-year-old woman testifying in a federal civil trial described Monday how a guard sexually assaulted her in the Milwaukee County Jail in 2013 and how she later was shackled to her hospital bed while giving birth to her daughter.

Those events are the basis of a federal lawsuit by the woman against Milwaukee County. She testified that she was raped several times by corrections officer Xavier Thicklen. The Journal Sentinel does not identify victims of sexual assault without their consent.

Thicklen was charged with sexual assault and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He also was fired.

The woman testified that Thicklen assaulted her in various places in the jail and that she still has nightmares.

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