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The Abuse of U.S. Women Prisoners
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1997
by Julia Lutsky
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1997, page 19
It is really like this dirty little secret that everyone in corrections knows about and doesn't want to talk about. It is a huge problem." The words are those of Brenda Smith, senior counsel of the National Women's Law Center quoted in the December 1996 Human Rights Watch report, All ...
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Reviews,
Staffing,
International Law.
Locations:
California,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Michigan,
New York,
Washington.
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- Leon County Employees Replaced by Slaves
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- Uprisings in New York State Prisons, by Julia Lutsky
- A Matter of Fact
- NJ Guards Threaten Walkout Over Vests
- Second Circuit Approves Disciplinary Hearing Surcharge
- Utah Prisoners May Build Own Cages
- AA Still Violates the Establishment Clause
- U.S. and Russia Reaching Record Levels of Incarceration
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- More Ohio Jail Construction Corruption
- Frivolous State Litigation, by Paul Wright
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- Qualified Immunity in Failure to Protect Claim, by James Quigley
- Montana Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Classification Hearings, by Danny Arledge
- WA Officials Liable for Seizing Court Tape
- VI Decree Modification Denied Under PLRA, DOC Held in Contempt
- CCA Unveils Aggressive New Marketing Ploy
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- Washington Sex Offender Notification Enjoined
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- New Jersey Jail Brutality Settlement
- Man Jailed for Saying 'No' to TB Drugs
- Prisoner Awarded $30,001 in Beating Suit
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- Counselor Liable in Failure to Protect Claim
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- Knowledge of Risk May Establish 8th Amendment Liability
- News in Brief
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- Death Toll Hits 87 as Turkish Prison Protest Strike Continues, April 15, 2002
- Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers, Aug. 15, 2001
- Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades, June 15, 2001
- Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments, April 15, 2001
- Crime and Punishment Relation Examined, April 15, 2001
- The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed, March 15, 2001
- Mentally Ill Prisoners in the New Jersey Prison System, Feb. 15, 2001
- A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture, Feb. 15, 2001
- Political Prisoners in Spain, Aug. 15, 2000
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