From Truthout:
In mid-April, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced the immediate closure of FCI Dublin, a federal women’s prison in California that had long been plagued by staff-perpetrated sexual abuse and retaliation. Eight employees had been criminally charged with sexually abusing people in custody; seven were found guilty and sentenced to prison. Sixty-three lawsuits, as well as a class action lawsuit, had been filed over the systemic sexual abuse. The FBI has twice raided the prison. And for the first time in BOP history, a federal judge appointed a special master, or independent monitor, to oversee much needed changes to the abuse-ridden facility.
Federal prison officials announced the abrupt shuttering of Dublin just 10 days after the appointment of a special master.
Within days, Dublin’s 605 incarcerated people were loaded onto buses and transferred to a dozen federal prisons across the country, some as far as Florida and Alabama. Many have reported ongoing mistreatment and retaliation for speaking up about the abuses at Dublin. Continue reading >>>
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