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Prison Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011
by Alan Prendergast
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2011, page 1
In January 2010, Scott Howard, a 39-year-old federal prisoner, made his way briskly into a hearing room in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building in Washington, D.C. He was neatly dressed in blazer, slacks and tie, and quite nervous about what he was about to do. He was determined to ...
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Failure to Protect (General),
Federal Statutory Law,
Prison Rape Elimination Act.
Location:
Colorado.
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