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CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Department of Justice is investigating 2 California women’s prisons for sexual battle allegations.
“This probe volition analyse whether the authorities violates the Constitution by failing to support radical incarcerated astatine these 2 facilities from unit intersexual abuse,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said.
The civil rights investigation stems from hundreds of backstage lawsuits against 2 California prisons: the Central California Women’s Facility successful Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women successful Chino.
Clarke says women are 3 times much apt than men to beryllium victimized by jailhouse staff.
Although they are convicted of crimes, United States Attorney Martin Estrada emphasizes that they inactive person basal Constitutional rights.
“We don’t propulsion retired the Constitution conscionable due to the fact that idiosyncratic is successful prison,” Estrada said.
The lawsuits impeach unit of groping women during searches, raping them, and requesting intersexual favors from them successful speech for contraband.
Inmates accidental their complaints fell connected deaf ears.
“The correctional officers named successful these allegations scope successful fertile and person adjacent included the precise radical liable for handling complaints of intersexual abuse,” Clarke said.
Clarke says determination are thousands of women successful the facilities, and they should consciousness harmless astir those who swore to support them.
“Allowing specified unit to resistance connected is cruel, inhumane and unconstitutional,” Clarke said.
She says they are expediting the probe to marque definite the inmates are safe.
If the allegations beryllium true, she says her bureau volition nonstop a announcement to the State of California and find the consequences.
