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| Attorney general not investigating officers |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 01/08/2009 |
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MICHIGAN - Though 10 women testified last January that they were sexually abused and, in some cases, raped in the 1990s by [officers] at Scott Correctional Facility, the Michigan Attorney General's Office says it has no plans currently to investigate the men. Matt Frendewey, a spokesman for the Attorney General, said Wednesday the women's testimony is not enough. The women, many of them still incarcerated, must come forward and register a criminal complaint. An official with the state Department of Corrections said the department only learned the names of many of the [officers] cited by the women when the case went to trial last January. That made it difficult to investigate misconduct among the [officers], the majority of whom no longer work at the prison. Deborah LaBelle, the lead lawyer for the women, said she was stunned that "neither the Department of Corrections nor the Attorney General's office, who is the head prosecutor in the state, believes they have an obligation to report or pursue criminal acts that occurred in a state facility." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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