A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse.
An official walks toward an entrance to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif. March 11, 2024. A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight.
and the advocacy group California Coalition for Women Prisoners. They allege that sexual abuse and exploitation have not stopped despite the prosecution of the former warden and several former officers. Representatives for the inmates and the coalition did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.Rogers did not name someone to be the special master in the order but wrote that the court would appoint one “forthwith.
Since 2021, at least eight FCI Dublin employees have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. Five have pleaded guilty. Two were convicted at trial. Another case is pending.All sexual activity between a prison worker and an inmate is illegal. Correctional employees enjoy substantial power over inmates, controlling every aspect of their lives from mealtime to lights out, and there is no scenario in which an inmate can give consent.
FCI Dublin’s sexual abuse scandal has been one of many troubles plaguing the federal Bureau of Prisons, which is also beset by rampantALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Prosecutors on Friday wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee on charges that he gunned down a man in 2022 in what turned out to be the first of three ambush-style killings involving members of the Muslim community in New Mexico’s largest city. Muhammad Syed, who settled in the U.S. MADISON, Ind.
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