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.
'They live in a sexualized environment with repeated and open sexual behavior including: abusive sexual contact between staff and prisoners, sexualized activity, including a strip show condoned by staff,' the report said.
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. Full story...
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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.
'They live in a sexualized environment with repeated and open sexual behavior including: abusive sexual contact between staff and prisoners, sexualized activity, including a strip show condoned by staff,' the report said.
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. Full story...
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