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| Ala. House OKs bill making sexual abuse of inmates a crime |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/08/2004 |
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The Alabama House passed a bill last Thursday making it a felony for corrections officers or other prison officials to have sexual relations with an inmate. The bill passed the House for the third year in a row and now goes to the Senate. The legislation passed the House and Senate last year, but died on the last day of the regular session when the House adjourned without voting on an amendment added in the Senate. The bill is supported by the Alabama Department of Corrections. The sponsor, Rep. Barbara Boyd, D-Anniston, said Alabama is one of only four states that does not have a law "to protect inmates from abuse." Boyd, a retired school teacher, has said the need for the legislation was highlighted in 2001 when some parents complained their daughters were sexually abused at the Alabama Department of Youth Services' Chalkville campus. Several employees were fired and others quit during an investigation that originally involved 15 workers. |
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