D.A.: Prison guard forced inmates to play 'Patty Cake'

A Bucks County prison guard with a proclivity for ogling inmates' private parts (a Sawschlong Obsession, if you will) has been arrested for, among other jailhouse shocks, forcing inmates to play "Patty Cake (Pat-a-Cake)" and hug each other, prosecutors said.

Joseph Mullen, 28, of Feasterville, was charged by an investigating grand jury with official oppression and harassment today after his sexually-suggestive actions towards prisoners at the Bucks County Correctional Facility gave inmates the gruesome prison blues, according to police.

Between July and August of 2013, Mullen allegedly asked inmates to expose themselves to him in exchange for letting them out of their cells early when they were reprimanded, court documents said. On at least three occasions, one inmate did just that for Mullen, according to the grand jury.

When that inmate and two others were caught watching television inside of a cell, Mullen locked all three men inside and told them they'd only be released if they "played the child's game 'patty-cake' with each other" and if they hugged, according to court documents. The men did just that and the cell door was opened, prosecutors said.

The grand jury also said that Mullen asked inmates if he could conduct unauthorized strip searches on them and that he often tried to talk to prisoners while they used the restroom, despite the fact that it made them uncomfortable. On one occasion, Mullen even told a prisoner that he "wanted to watch him 'take a sh--''' and on another occasion, he asked an inmate using the bathroom why he was "'hiding'" his penis from him, according to court documents.

Mullen also allegedly asked inmates if they would perform various sexual acts with men for a million dollars and he even confiscated one prisoner's radio when that man declined to give Mullen a detailed account of his prior sexual experiences, court documents said.

This (in)corrections officer was arraigned today on $75,000 unsecured bail.