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| Cuts And Crowding Putting Pressure On AK Jails |
| By adn.com |
| Published: 10/27/2010 |
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Three Alaska men who federal prosecutors say were sexually assaulted by a fellow inmate at an Anchorage jail were ultimately the victims of a failing prison system, attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska charge. A union for Alaska's corrections officers says the ACLU is absolutely correct. But the state Department of Corrections denies any overcrowding or understaffing exists in Alaska's prisons and jails. The ado over conditions in Alaska's jails comes on the heels of a federal indictment of Sabil Mujahid, whom U.S. attorneys say abused the three men at the Anchorage Correctional Complex while he is awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and weapons misconduct charges. The three men or their alleged crimes were not identified in the 12-count indictment released Thursday. Read More. |
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