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| RI has 28 Alleged Cases of Prison Rape over 3 Years |
| By golocalprov.com- Stephen Beale |
| Published: 06/04/2015 |
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Rhode Island state authorities recorded 28 cases of rape and other sexual assaults in state prisons and were able to confirm eight of them over the last three years, according to documents provided in response to a public records request. The 20 cases that were not confirmed were considered either unsubstantiated, unfounded, or still under investigation, according to Jeff Renzi, the Associate Director of Planning and Research at the state Department of Corrections. The documents put numbers to a reality that has long been known to afflict the prison system nationally but has been hard to put a face to because of the reluctance of current and former prisoners to discuss the incidents—due to the shame and stigma associated with being a rape victim and the fear of reprisals from offending inmates, among other factors. Read More. |
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