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| Finally, Justice is investigating Tutwiler |
| By gulfcoastnewstoday.com- Bob Martin |
| Published: 01/24/2014 |
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In May of 2012 a non-profit justice system watchdog group reported inmates at Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women had been victims of widespread sexual abuse and sexual harassment by male guards. The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), says that it had “uncovered evidence of frequent and severe officer-on-inmate sexual violence,” and the group asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the Alabama Department of Corrections’ “failure to adequately protect prisoners.” Tutwiler, located just north of Montgomery has an inmate capacity of 1,000. The report alleged that between 2004 and 2011, the Corrections Department has received “dozens of complaints of sexual misconduct” between male staff and female inmates and reports of women becoming pregnant after being raped by guards. Between 2006 and 2011, according to the report, several women inmates were sexually assaulted or coerced into sexual favors in exchange for contraband goods such as food and toiletries. “This troubling cycle of abuse and lack of accountability has established a widespread pattern and practice of custodial sexual misconduct,” said Bryan Stevenson of Montgomery, the Equal Justice Initiative’s executive director. This initial work by Stevenson’s organization has now borne fruit. Read More. |
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