Two female inmates in the Duchesne County jail are facing sexual assault charges, accused of forcing fellow inmates to strip down and be searched for allegedly stolen sugar packets.
The two women, 29-year-old Zhondee Spring Nephi and 21-year-old Letha Ilene Beston, were charged this week with two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. Nephi was also charged with assaulting a prisoner, a third-degree felony.
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One of the alleged victims reported to jail officials on Oct. 29 that she and another inmate were forced into the shower and then were stripped of their clothes, according to charges.