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VA: Warden retiring after allegations she discriminated against lesbian prisoners and denied other access to religious services.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Warden at Troubled Va. Women's Prison to Step Down By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 28, 2009 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The warden at Virginia's largest women's prison is retiring amid allegations the prison discriminated against gay inmates and denied others access to religious services. Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor said Monday that Barbara Wheeler will retire as warden of Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. He would not say when or provide other details. State Sen. Frank Ruff, R-Mecklenburg, asked the department in June to look into allegations that the prison curtailed inmates' access to religious services and separated masculine-looking prisoners from the rest of the population at the 1,200-inmate facility in Troy...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).