Showing posts with label Prison Rape And Abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prison Rape And Abuse. Show all posts
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Inmates Forced To Have Sex At Florida's Prison For Women
Horrific Report: At Largest US Women’s Prison, Inmates Forced To Have Sex For Basic Necessities
.This is a major problem in most of America’s prisons! it is one of the most widespread forms of prison abuse.
The abusers must be prosecuted!
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. – Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Florida is one of the largest women’s corrections facilities in the United States, and it is also notorious for being one of the most corrupt and brutal. Recently, numerous inmates have come forward with allegations that they were routinely sexually abused and assaulted by both male and female guards.
According to various complaints filed between 2011 and 2015, female inmates would be forced to “barter” sexual acts with guards in exchange for basic necessities like soap and food. According to the complaints, women at Lowell who submitted to the sexual demands of the guards were rewarded with the best food and living supplies available. Meanwhile, women who refused were harassed, neglected, denied basic necessities, and sometimes put in solitary confinement. In many cases, women were put through psychological evaluations and labeled as mentally ill as a result of refusing the guard’s sexual advances.and labeled as mentally ill as a result of refusing the guard’s sexual advances.
As we reported last year, in one case, a woman named Latandra Ellington attempted to file a complaint against the guards at Lowell, saying that she was being sexually assaulted, and she was murdered just days later. According to family members, Latandra may have been planning to speak out about the rampant sexual abuse that the correctional officers at the prison have been inflicting on the inmates.
Marion County Chief Assistant State Attorney Ric Ridgway told the Miami Herald that the sex taking place in these situations was “consensual,” however it is obvious that women in prison are dependent upon the mercy of these guards for their survival, and that the sexual acts in these situations were coerced.
sexual activity was absolutely coerced.
“What I saw was that some of the girls were truly victims of rape and sexual assault and battery. I believed them when they told me it was unsolicited, uninvited and a nightmare,” Johnson argued.
The allegations sparked an investigation by the Miami Herald, which revealed that complaints of rape were frequently silenced by the staff at the prison
In the past decade, only two officers were arrested for sexual misconduct at the prison, but both of them pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and only spent a few months in jail.
“The so-called punishment for an officer who rapes an inmate is to get transferred to another facility. Florida’s prisons allow officers to rape women in prison because the inmates aren’t considered to have any rights,” Nancy G. Abudu, legal director for the ACLU of Florida pointed out.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/largest-womens-prison-inmates-forced-sex-guards-exchange-basic-necessities-large/
Monday, February 7, 2011
Prison_News_ Stories
Subject: [Prison_News_ Stories] Oklahoma State Workers Fired Over Allegations Of Rape
State Workers Fired Over Allegations
posted 5:56 pm Thu October 08, 2009 - Oklahoma City
from NewsChannel 8 - http://www.ktul. com/news/ stories/1009/ 666849.html
Two state workers have been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct with female state inmates who helped maintain the grounds at the Governor's Mansion.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections, Jerry Massie, says an investigation by the agency was turned over to the Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater's office on Friday. Massie says it includes allegations of sexual battery, forcible sodomy and rape.
Massie says the case involves two male employees of the Department of Central Services and at least three women who were serving state sentences at the Hillside Community Corrections Center in Oklahoma City.
Paul Sund, a spokesman for Gov. Brad Henry, says the misconduct allegedly occurred at a storage shed that is not on the mansion's grounds.
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January 04, 2009 (Detroit Free Press)
Sexual assaults on female inmates went unheeded
The Detroit Free Press is featuring a five-part special report on a multi-million dollar suit that has resulted from the sexual assault of female inmates by male guards in Michigan prisons. More than 500 women are suing and, thus far, stand to collect $50 million. "A prison is not supposed to turn you back out to society with more harm than when you came in," said Deborah LaBelle, an Ann Arbor civil rights lawyer who led a team that sued on behalf of the women. "No one, no one in this country, no one in a civilized society is sentenced to be raped and assaulted in prison
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The State | 02/26/2009 | Condemned man: SC deputies brutally beat him
Posted on Thu, Feb. 26, 2009
Condemned man: SC deputies brutally beat him
By MEG KINNARD
The Associated Press
A federal judge has removed a South Carolina sheriff from a lawsuit by a death row inmate suing over his treatment while in jail.
The judge ruled Thursday that attorneys for Chadrick Fulks failed to prove he was kept in inhumane conditions while at the jail run by Lexington County Sheriff James Metts.
The federal lawsuit against four of Metts' deputies will continue.
Fulks says he was beaten in 2003 while awaiting transfer to another jail.
Fulks testified Thursday via video teleconference from federal death row in Terre Haute, Ind., that he thought the brutal beating was never going to end.
Fulks and co-defendant Brandon Basham face the death penalty for killing Alice Donovan during a two-week crime spree after escaping from a Kentucky jail.
© 2009 TheState.com and wire service sources.
http://www.thestate .com
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WASHINGTON – An estimated 3.2 percent of jail inmates (24,700) reported one or more incidents of sexual victimization in a survey mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. About 1.6 percent of all inmates (12,100) reported an incident involving another inmate, 2.0 percent (15,200) reported an incident involving jail staff, and 0.4 percent reported being victimized by both other inmates and staff.
The survey limited reporting by inmates to incidents occurring in the past 6 months or since their admission to the jail, if more recent. Sexual victimization is defined as all types of sexual activity, including inmate-on-inmate nonconsensual sexual acts and abusive sexual contacts or unwanted touching. It also includes both willing and unwilling sexual activity with staff. An estimated 1.3 percent of inmates (10,400) said they had sex or sexual contact unwillingly with staff, and 1.1 percent (8,400) said they willingly had sexual contact with staff.
The survey was conducted in 282 randomly selected local jails between April and December 2007, with a sample of 40,419 inmates. Eighteen jail facilities had an overall sexual victimization rate of at least twice the national average of 3.2 percent, and 18 facilities had no reports of sexual victimization from inmates.
The Torrance County Detention Facility (New Mexico) recorded the highest overall rate of sexual victimization (13.4 percent). When sexual victimization excluded allegations of touching only, the Torrance County Detention Facility remained the highest with 8.9 percent, followed by the Brevard County Detention Center in Florida (7.8 percent), the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center in New Mexico (6.7 percent), and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail (5.8 percent).
Overall, 0.6 percent of all jail inmates reported an injury related to sexual victimization. Among all victims, 16 percent reported minor injuries (such as bruises, cuts, or scratches), 8 percent reported being knocked unconscious, 6 percent reported anal or rectal tearing, 6 percent internal injuries.
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008 Contact: Sheila Jerusalem: 202-616-3227
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 202-598-3570
State Workers Fired Over Allegations
posted 5:56 pm Thu October 08, 2009 - Oklahoma City
from NewsChannel 8 - http://www.ktul. com/news/ stories/1009/ 666849.html
Two state workers have been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct with female state inmates who helped maintain the grounds at the Governor's Mansion.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections, Jerry Massie, says an investigation by the agency was turned over to the Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater's office on Friday. Massie says it includes allegations of sexual battery, forcible sodomy and rape.
Massie says the case involves two male employees of the Department of Central Services and at least three women who were serving state sentences at the Hillside Community Corrections Center in Oklahoma City.
Paul Sund, a spokesman for Gov. Brad Henry, says the misconduct allegedly occurred at a storage shed that is not on the mansion's grounds.
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January 04, 2009 (Detroit Free Press)
Sexual assaults on female inmates went unheeded
The Detroit Free Press is featuring a five-part special report on a multi-million dollar suit that has resulted from the sexual assault of female inmates by male guards in Michigan prisons. More than 500 women are suing and, thus far, stand to collect $50 million. "A prison is not supposed to turn you back out to society with more harm than when you came in," said Deborah LaBelle, an Ann Arbor civil rights lawyer who led a team that sued on behalf of the women. "No one, no one in this country, no one in a civilized society is sentenced to be raped and assaulted in prison
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records.
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The State | 02/26/2009 | Condemned man: SC deputies brutally beat him
Posted on Thu, Feb. 26, 2009
Condemned man: SC deputies brutally beat him
By MEG KINNARD
The Associated Press
A federal judge has removed a South Carolina sheriff from a lawsuit by a death row inmate suing over his treatment while in jail.
The judge ruled Thursday that attorneys for Chadrick Fulks failed to prove he was kept in inhumane conditions while at the jail run by Lexington County Sheriff James Metts.
The federal lawsuit against four of Metts' deputies will continue.
Fulks says he was beaten in 2003 while awaiting transfer to another jail.
Fulks testified Thursday via video teleconference from federal death row in Terre Haute, Ind., that he thought the brutal beating was never going to end.
Fulks and co-defendant Brandon Basham face the death penalty for killing Alice Donovan during a two-week crime spree after escaping from a Kentucky jail.
© 2009 TheState.com and wire service sources.
http://www.thestate .com
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WASHINGTON – An estimated 3.2 percent of jail inmates (24,700) reported one or more incidents of sexual victimization in a survey mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. About 1.6 percent of all inmates (12,100) reported an incident involving another inmate, 2.0 percent (15,200) reported an incident involving jail staff, and 0.4 percent reported being victimized by both other inmates and staff.
The survey limited reporting by inmates to incidents occurring in the past 6 months or since their admission to the jail, if more recent. Sexual victimization is defined as all types of sexual activity, including inmate-on-inmate nonconsensual sexual acts and abusive sexual contacts or unwanted touching. It also includes both willing and unwilling sexual activity with staff. An estimated 1.3 percent of inmates (10,400) said they had sex or sexual contact unwillingly with staff, and 1.1 percent (8,400) said they willingly had sexual contact with staff.
The survey was conducted in 282 randomly selected local jails between April and December 2007, with a sample of 40,419 inmates. Eighteen jail facilities had an overall sexual victimization rate of at least twice the national average of 3.2 percent, and 18 facilities had no reports of sexual victimization from inmates.
The Torrance County Detention Facility (New Mexico) recorded the highest overall rate of sexual victimization (13.4 percent). When sexual victimization excluded allegations of touching only, the Torrance County Detention Facility remained the highest with 8.9 percent, followed by the Brevard County Detention Center in Florida (7.8 percent), the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center in New Mexico (6.7 percent), and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail (5.8 percent).
Overall, 0.6 percent of all jail inmates reported an injury related to sexual victimization. Among all victims, 16 percent reported minor injuries (such as bruises, cuts, or scratches), 8 percent reported being knocked unconscious, 6 percent reported anal or rectal tearing, 6 percent internal injuries.
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008 Contact: Sheila Jerusalem: 202-616-3227
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 202-598-3570
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