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| Senate passes bill making sexual abuse of inmates a crime |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/19/2004 |
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The Alabama Senate gave final approval last Thursday to a bill making it a felony for corrections officers or other prison officials to have sexual relations with an inmate. Rep. Barbara Boyd, D-Anniston, has pushed for three years for passage of the bill, saying that Alabama is one of only four states that does not have a law "to protect inmates from abuse." The bill passed the Senate 25-0 and goes to the governor for his signature. 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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