James Theodore Highhouse, right, arrives for his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court with his attorney Jaime Dorenbaum, left, in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Aug.
31, 2022. Highhouse pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an inmate while working as OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Dublin prison chaplain to seven years behind bars, calling his crimes "unspeakable" and dismissing his defense team's pleas to be lenient because he suffered PTSD as an Army veteran who suffered from "impulse control.""This is rape," U.S.
District Court Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. told James Theodore Highhouse, 50, who wore jeans, Nike sneakers and an Under Armour T-shirt to his sentencing hearing in Oakland. "This was sustained predatory behavior against traumatized and defenseless women in prison."Gilliam added: "There is a culture of rot at Dublin.
It's important the world see this egregious conduct and see this serious penalty." Highhouse stood with his hands folded at his waist, head down, most of the hearing.