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Virginia DOC Says 'No Pattern' of Sexual Abuse
Loaded on April 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2000, page 4
In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections conducted an internal review of 44 complaints of sexual assault, harassment and fraternization between prisoners and staff of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, all since the prison opened in April 1998. Even though 13 employees have been fired or resigned due to ...
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Guard Misconduct,
Gender Discrimination -- Women.
Location:
Virginia.
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