Virginia Man Gets Probation For Hooking Prisoners Up With Prostitutes

Happened in Fort Lee

A Virginia man accused of helping inmates hook up with hookers got off with a light sentence on Thursday.

Prosecutors alleged Donald E. Grayson, a Department of Defense contractor at Fort Lee south of Richmond, arranged trysts between prisoners under his supervision with prostitutes at nearby motels.

He pleaded guilty to one count of assisting escape, and was sentenced to four years probation and six months home confinement, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.  He could have spent 14 months in prison for the charge.

Retired Army serviceman Grayson supervised a firing range at Fort Lee.  Inmates from the Petersburg Federal Correctional Center were bused over to firing range as part of a work-release program and put under Grayson's care, according to the AP.

But instead of putting the prisoners to work, prosecutors said Grayson let some of them visit prostitutes.

From the Dispatch:

"No doubt he was motivated at least in part by a misguided sympathy for the prisoners he was in charge of supervising," the government said. "Clearly, however, these activities represent a breakdown in prisoner discipline and a potential risk to the community at large that is unacceptable."

Prosecutors said the trysts were arranged with contraband cell phones.

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