Abuse and misconduct has grown so “rampant” at a San Francisco Bay Area federal women’s prison that new officials struggle to implement reforms, according to witnesses testifying in a class action brought by incarcerated people demanding that the government stop the abuse.
The organization California Coalition for Women Prisoners sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons claiming it enabled a pattern of “rampant” sexual abuse of incarcerated people at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, east of San Francisco.
The plaintiffs say they endured abuse and exploitation by facility staff, including sexual assault, coercion, voyeurism, drugging and abuse during medical exams. Some reported being forced to strip for or perform sexual acts for prison staff. Others say they were harassed or raped.
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