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Arizona DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1999, page 9
On March 11, 1999 the Arizona Dept. of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) which alleged that state prison officials failed to protect female prisoners from systemic sexual abuse, misconduct and harassment by guards.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Settlements.
Location:
Arizona.
Federal authorities began investigating the Arizona Center ...
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