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| Blockbusted: Prison abuse investigations are difficult to pursue |
| By post-gazette.com - Matt Stroud and Rich Lord |
| Published: 03/19/2012 |
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The inquiry into alleged physical and sexual abuse at State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh was ushered into court by the Department of Corrections' Office of Special Investigations and Intelligence, or internal affairs. Because the state's Right-To-Know Law shields most prison operations from public scrutiny, internal affairs is, in many ways, the only entity holding accountable a $1.9 billion state prison system that employs some 16,000 and incarcerates more than 51,000. Though prisons are full of watchful eyes, proving a charge of abuse inside the walls is difficult, in part because prison is a place rich in gripes, and poor in credible people who are willing to back them up. Studies by the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics have found that charges of sexual misconduct or harassment by prison staff against inmates -- such as the accusations against suspended SCI Pittsburgh corrections officer Harry F. Nicoletti -- are particularly difficult to prove and very rarely result in convictions. Read More. |
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