A Georgia Department of Corrections lieutenant assigned to Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto has been arrested and charged with sexual assault on a person in custody and violation of oath by a public officer.
Warrants secured by the Georgia Department of Corrections charge Russell Edwin Clark of Alto with “improperly touching and kissing a female inmate over whom he had disciplinary authority, willfully and knowingly violating his oath of office.”
The alleged incident occurred in a stairwell of the main dormitories.
Clark was booked in at the Habersham County Detention Center in Clarkesville early Thursday following his arrest a few hours earlier.