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South Carolina Rapes Exposed
Loaded on April 15, 2001
by Bill Dunne
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2001, page 12
South Carolina is reaping a crop of corruption and scandal from the desolate fields of its prison system. Predatory guards wield power with few checks on their using it to seek gratification through exploitation and oppression. Prisoners, especially women, are stripped of the protections of law, morality, status and conscience, ...
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct.
Location:
South Carolina.
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