[KARAH RUCKER]
THE U-S BUREAU OF PRISONS AGREED TUESDAY TO A HISTORIC PAYOUT OF NEARLY 116 MILLION DOLLARS TO MORE THAN 100 SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AT A CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S PRISON.
THE NOW-SHUTTERED FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION DUBLIN — INTERNALLY DUBBED “THE RAPE CLUB” — WAS PLAGUED BY RAMPANT ACCUSATIONS OF STAFF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST PRISONERS.
EIGHT FORMER PRISON EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE FORMER WARDEN, HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES, AND MORE THAN 20 WORKERS WERE PLACED ON LEAVE AND ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY THIS MONTH.
THE SETTLEMENT IS REPORTEDLY THE LARGEST SINGLE PAYOUT IN THE BUREAU OF PRISONS HISTORY.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE 103 WOMEN WILL BE PAID A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
ONE ABUSE VICTIM SAYS SHE HOPES THE SETTLEMENT WILL HELP THE HEALING PROCESS BUT WARNS “MONEY WILL NOT REPAIR” THE HARM DONE “OR FREE SURVIVORS WHO CONTINUE TO SUFFER IN PRISON.”
THE PAYOUT IS A BREAKTHROUGH FOR ADVOCATES FIGHTING TO END SEXUAL ABUSE ACROSS THE U-S FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.
A U-S SENATE INQUIRY IN 2022, FOUND SEXUAL ABUSE BY STAFF AGAINST INMATES HAPPENED AT TWO-THIRDS OF FEDERAL PRISONS IN THE U-S OVER THE PAST DECADE.
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