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: Bodily Injury BlogJudge Faults Prisons for Inmate Abuse
By Edward Bills
Instances of sexual abuse against inmates in Colorado prisons are distressingly common, a judge said in awarding $1.3 million to a female inmate sexually assaulted by a prison guard. An attorney for the victim said guards essentially treated female inmates as sexual playthings. According to the Colorado Department of Corrections, 197 cases of sexual misconduct were reported against state prison staff, resulting in 62 firings.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).
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