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2005

Juvenile Unit Tops In Claims Of Sex Abuse;
But No Reports Of Staff Misconduct Verified Here, U.S. Study Says

The Chicago Sun-Times
By Steve Patterson
August 1, 2005

Gay Inmates' Complaints Of Abuse At San Bruno Jail Being Investigated
The San Francisco Chronicle
By Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross
May 25, 2005


Father-Son Corrections Officers Face Charges In Albion Sexual-Contact Case
The Buffalo News
By Vanessa Thomas
April 1, 2005


Eleven Charged In Prison Abuses Sex With Inmates Alleged At Private Facility In Brush
The Denver Post
By Jim Kirksey
March 10, 2005


Texas Prison Officials Scrutinize Abuse Case
USA Today
By Kevin Johnson
February 1, 2005

2004

Alto Prisoners Testify To Violence;
State Sued For Not Stopping Rapes, Threats, Especially Against Young Arrendale Inmates

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Carlos Campos
November 17, 2004


Ex-Inmate's Suit Offers View Into Sexual Slavery in Prisons
New York Times
By Adam Liptak
October 16, 2004

Inmate's Abuse Prompts State To Clean Out Zephyrhills Facility's Top Staff Warden, Aides Forced To Resign
The Tampa Tribune
By Mark Douglas
October 9, 2004

2003

Reform Plan Targets Prison Rape:
Congress Unanimously Approves Study, Efforts to Stop Assaults

The Washington Post
By Neely Tucker
July 26, 2003

Ex-Inmate Says Sex with Guards Common
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Steven Walters
February 27, 2003

2001

Supreme Court Criticized for Throwing Out Sexual Assault Conviction
The Union Leader
By Nancy Meersman
June 28, 2001

Human Rights Group Says Prison Rapes Widespread
www.cnn.com
April 17, 2001


Governor Fires Prison Chief Over Inmate Sex in Mansion:
A S.C. prison scandal widens to those working at the governor’s residences

St. Petersburg Times
January 12, 2001

1994

Prison System Enacts Reforms to Stop Inmate Rape
The Boston Globe
By Charles Sennott
November 9, 1994

Authorities Move to Respond to Accounts of Prison Rape
The Boston Globe

By Charles Sennott
May 5 , 1994

Officials Recoil at Culture of Rape in Prisons
The Boston Globe

By Charles Sennott
May 4, 1994

Prisons Urged to Wrest Assault from the Shadows:
Rape Behind Bars Part III

The Boston Globe

By Charles Sennott
May 3, 1994

AIDS Adds a Fatal Factor to Prison Assault:
Rape Behind Bars Part II

The Boston Globe

By Charles Sennott
May 2, 1994

Prison's Hidden Horror:
Rape Behind Bars Part I

The Boston Globe
By Charles Sennott
May 1, 1994

 
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