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Victim of Guard Rape Awarded $50,000
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1999, page 17
The court of appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a continuing, widespread, and persistent pattern of sexual activity between the guards and prisoners of the Jackson County (Missouri) jail, coupled with the county's custom of inaction towards allegations of sexual misconduct by the jail personnel, was the cause of ...
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Guard Misconduct,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Damages,
Municipal Liability,
Mental Health.
Location:
Missouri.
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