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AG seeks to expose inmate identities in rape suit
By detroitnews.com- Jim Lynch
Published: 04/17/2015

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office is attempting to expose the identities of several current and former inmates who allege in lawsuits they were raped in state prisons. One of them recently was stabbed 27 times by other prisoners, according to prison records.

A pair of lawsuits filed on behalf of 11 John Does — all teen offenders charged as adults — target the Michigan Department of Corrections, several prison officials and Gov. Rick Snyder, and allege the teens were forced into sex acts by adult prisoners through violence or threats. In several instances, corrections facility employees are accused of sexual harassment, allowing assaults to happen or ignoring requests for help, according to the suits winding their way through state and federal courts.

A circuit court judge allowed the state case to proceed with the plaintiffs — juvenile offenders housed in prisons with adult inmates — not being identified by name in court documents. It was an attempt to prevent retaliation by other inmates and Corrections Department staff members.

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