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Man convicted of sexual abuse to serve 50 years in prison

Thomas Jenkins was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison in connection with the Patriot Mobile Home Park sexual abuse investigations.

Thomas Jenkins was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison in connection with the Patriot Mobile Home Park sexual abuse investigations.

Jenkins was sentenced for two counts of second degree sexual abuse Thursday, April 2, 2015 in Scott County District Court by .

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Second degree sexual abuse convictions carry a requirement that at least 70 percent of the sentence be imposed. The 70 percent is in reference to how much time Jenkins must serve before being eligible for parole. What this does, according to  Iowa legislature, is "limits an inmate's ability to accumulate earned time at a normal rate and limits an inmate's parole eligibility."

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