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The jury deciding the fate of Darrell Wayne Smith, the final former FCI Dublin official charged with sexual misconduct at the East Bay federal women’s prison, was unable to reach a unanimous decision on Monday, leading the judge to declare a mistrial.

Smith, who was a counselor and later correctional officer at FCI Dublin, was charged with 15 counts of sexual misconduct against five incarcerated women who were under his watch between 2017 and 2021. The most serious charge, aggravated sexual assault, carried up to a life sentence.

After nearly six days of deliberation at a federal courthouse in Oakland, the jury returned deadlocked Monday afternoon, unable to reach a decision on any of the counts against Smith. A new trial date has been set for Sept. 15, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Smith was among eight officials charged after a sprawling FBI probe into a culture of abuse, retaliation and cover-up at the prison, which was shuttered last year. The other seven, including former warden Ray Garcia and staff chaplain James Theodore Highhouse, have been sentenced.

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