LITTLE ROCK — A former Arkansas prison chaplain charged with sexually assaulting three female inmates has received an additional $30,000 bond.
The Jonesboro Sun reports that 67-year-old Kenneth Dewitt was given the additional bond at a hearing Monday with the condition that he not return to Woodruff County. His original $30,000 bond was revoked after authorities say he violated the terms of the bond by being involved in an alleged domestic abuse incident on Dec. 24.
Dewitt has been charged with 50 counts of sexual assault. Authorities say Dewitt coerced three inmates into having scheduled weekly sexual encounters at the women's prison in Newport, 90 miles northeast of Little Rock. Authorities say the encounters happened between January 2013 and September 2014.
Dewitt has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.