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| Sexual assault reports increase in W.Va. jails and prisons, substantiated allegations decline |
| By greenfieldreporter.com |
| Published: 10/27/2014 |
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia — Inmate reports of sexual assault have increased in West Virginia's jails and prisons but the percentage of allegations found to be substantiated has declined, state data show. Data released by the Division of Corrections show allegations of sexual assaults in prisons increased from 25 in 2008 to 229 in 2013. Substantiated allegations fell from 80 percent to 17 percent during the same period, The Charleston Gazette reported. Allegations of sexual assaults increased in regional jails from 90 in 2013 to 139 in 2014. Substantiated allegations declined from 41 percent to 23 percent during the period. The jail totals include inmate-on-inmate sexual acts and staff sexual misconduct, data released by the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show. Read More. |
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