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Women in Prison: GAO Report
Loaded on June 15, 2000
by Julia Lutsky
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2000, page 14
Reviewed by Julia Lutsky
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Reviews.
Locations:
California,
Texas,
Washington,
United States of America.
During the calendar years 1995 to 1998, approximately 31,400 women prisoners in the three largest U.S. jurisdictions made a total of 506 allegations of staff sexual misconduct; of these only 92, or 18 percent, were sustained. "Because many female [prisoners] may be reluctant or unwilling to …
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