Former Prison Chaplin Charged With 50 Counts Of Sexual Assault

According to Henry Boyce, Prosecutor For The 3rd Judicial District, Kenneth L. Dewitt was arrested and charged with 50 counts of Sexual Assault 3rd Degree.

The charges stem from an investigation in which it is alleged the former Chaplin had sexual contact with 3 inmates from Jan, 2013 to Sept. 2014. Dewitt, 67 years old of Woodruff and Saline Counties was a Chaplin employed by the Arkansas Department of Corrections at the McPherson Women’s Unit in Newport.