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Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic
Loaded on May 15, 2009
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2009, page 1
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Private Prisons,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Cornell Corrections,
GRW Corp.,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution.
Locations:
Arkansas,
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Iowa,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Massachusetts,
Maine,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Montana,
North Carolina,
Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
Nevada,
New York,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Virginia,
Washington,
Wisconsin,
West Virginia.
Sexual assault, rape, indecency, deviance. These terms represent reprehensible behavior in our society. They also represent recurring themes in our nation’s prisons – not only by prisoners, but also by guards and other staff members.
PLN’s August 2006 cover story, Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight, profiled ...
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