Two former Butler County Prison inmates have filed a federal lawsuit against the county prison, the county government and the food service company that employed the man they claim sexually assaulted them.

The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh, is seeking damages for the deprivation of constitutional rights of two inmates, listed as “John M.H. Doe” and “John B.G. Doe.”

Listed as defendants in the lawsuit are Luis Quinones, who is currently facing criminal charges in Butler County Court in relation to this matter; Trinity Services Group of Oldsmar, Fla., which is the food service group at the Butler County Prison; the prison, its administration and several corrections officers; and Butler County and all three county commissioners.

The lawsuit alleges that the two men — who were held in the prison on “low-level offenses” between January and April 2016 — were subjected to sexual assault perpetrated by Quinones, who was working in the prison as a food service worker with Trinity Services Group at the time of the incidents.

The first inmate was jailed after pleading guilty to a probation violation for a use/possession of drug paraphernalia conviction. The second prisoner was incarcerated after pleading guilty to burglary, according to previous reports.

Both inmates, of Butler, were working on the kitchen staff at the time, and during the day would often enter a refrigerated area with no surveillance cameras, the lawsuit states. In early April 2016, the lawsuit states that Quinones began verbally harassing the men while they were alone and unsupervised in that area, usually sexual in nature, and the incidents eventually escalated to physical contact, where the men were repeatedly and forcibly subjected to sexual assault.

The lawsuit states that the men reported the incidents to a supervisor, Pam Jewert, who also is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit and was working for Trinity Services at the time, but she failed to offer or provide any recourse.

After the abuse, the men faced teasing and further verbal abuse from corrections officers, who “during routine strip searches remarked that they wouldn't subject them to the same treatment they experienced from Quinones,” the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit further states that corrections officers and prison administration failed to recognize they were victims of sexual assault at the hands of prison staff, failed to respond properly, subjected the men to intimidation and coercion by prison staff, failed to provide a safe environment free of physical and emotional abuse, and failed to outline procedures for proper handling of these types of incidents.

The two men, after release, had to be put on medication “and have and will cause long-term issues that will require a lifetime of medical costs that would not otherwise have to be incurred,” according to the lawsuit.

Their attorney, Michael Pisanchyn Jr. of The Pisanchyn Law Firm in Pittsburgh, said the two men are not minors, but were listed as “John Doe” because verification in public documents would only serve to humiliate them further.

He said the violation of constitutional rights, negligence on the part of prison administration and negligent infliction of emotional distress by corrections officers was cruel and unusual punishment. Pisanchyn alleges that no investigation was ever completed regarding the prison guards about what they knew of the incidents, and no reprimands were issued.

“The guards all thought it was a big joke,” he said. “There is nothing funny about any of it, it is sick.”

Pisanchyn refuted the claim that his clients were just looking to gain financially.

“It would be unfathomable to make this up for profit,” Pisanchyn said. “My clients didn't ask to be molested.”

He said the main concern of the lawsuit is to make sure incidents like this do not happen again in the facility.

“It doesn't seem like Butler County is taking this seriously,” he said. “They have tried to minimize their exposure as opposed to making sure it doesn't happen again. My clients felt it was important to bring this case to light because Butler County hasn't changed anything. There are no new policies or procedures in place, nothing has changed.”

He also said the blame falls on Trinity Services Group, as they were Quinones' employer.

“They put the coyote in the henhouse,” he said.

The lawsuit is seeking monetary damages, but no figure was attached to the demand.

Officials with Butler County, including the county solicitor, prison and county commissioners, declined to comment on the pending litigation. Trinity Services Group did not respond to a call for comment.

Quinones, 28, is currently facing counts of felony institutional sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and misdemeanor indecent assault after charges were filed in May 2016.

According to previous reports, one inmate alleged Quinones grabbed him in a sensitive area while both were in the prison kitchen cooler and earlier that day hit him on the buttocks with a food tray, while the second inmate reported an incident in which Quinones allegedly hit him on the buttocks and tried to engage him in sexual contact in the cooler.

Quinones was arraigned and released on $15,000 cash bail. He was scheduled for jury selection on May 11, but the case was continued.

His attorney, Armand Cingolani, could not be reached for comment.