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| DOJ Inspector General’s Report on Prison Sexual Abuse |
| By mensnewsdaily.com |
| Published: 09/18/2009 |
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Overall, female staff members were alleged to have committed sexual abuse and sexual misconduct in numbers disproportionate to their representation in the BOP [Bureau of Prisons] workforce," the report says. Women make up about 27 percent of the work force but "were the subjects in 30 [to] 39 percent of the allegations of staff sexual abuse and sexual misconduct," it says. Those are quotations from a summary of an investigation done by the Department of Justice's Inspector General, reported here (CNN, 9/10/09). It inquired into the frequency of sexual abuse of inmates by prison guards and other staff. Since 2006, sexual contact between prison employees and inmates has been a felony. Although rape and sexual abuse in prison are certainly the stuff of popular culture, basic information is rarely carried in the mainstream media. Here's an article on a study done by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission into the incidence of rape of prison and jail inmates (Houston Chronicle, 6/23/09). The Commission found that, overall, about 4.5% of all inmates are sexually abused in a given year. Apparently the likelihood of abuse depends heavily on the type of inmate and the type of correctional facility. Read More. |
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