Alan C. Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Female inmates at Alabama prison 'raped by guards, forced to use toilet in front of staff and take part in strip show contests' Inmates at an Alabama women's prison have been raped, sodomized and sexually abused by guards and in some instances allegedly forced to perform sex acts to obtain basic sanitary supplies, a U.S. Department of Justice report released on Wednesday revealed.The report was the result of a year-long investigation into conditions at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, which is located in central Alabama and holds more than 900 inmates. It is also home to the only death row for women in the state.'The women at Tutwiler universally fear for their safety,' federal officials wrote in a 36-page letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley.. . .Around a third of employees at Tutwiler have had sex with female inmate, it was reported.The report found that allegations of sexual abuse are 'grossly under-reported' because of inmates' fear of retaliation.
dsayers Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Year-long investigation? Doesn't that make the investigators culpable after say, day one? I'm waiting for the headline, "Prisons Found to Hold People Against Their Will Who Harmed Nobody". The article is about something horrible for sure. Why is it though that when men get raped in prison, an entire subculture of humor is born? "Don't drop the soap! hardy har"
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