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Michigan's Dirty Little Secret: Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners Pervasive, Ongoing
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2006, page 12
by Michael Rigby
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Staffing,
Guard Unions.
Location:
Michigan.
Despite reports of sexual abuse dating back 20 years ... despite a tumultuous decade of lawsuits that cost millions of taxpayer dollars ... and despite a promise by state officials to implement sweeping reforms, the sexual victimization of women continues unabated in Michigan prisons, according to a ...
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