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Three Prisoners Raped at Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion
Loaded on April 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2010, page 28
In October 2009, news agencies reported that three female prisoners had claimed they were raped by employees at the Oklahoma Governor’s mansion. A three-month investigation by the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections (ODOC) concluded the head chef and groundskeeper at the mansion had sexually assaulted the women.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Work,
Prison Labor,
Work Conditions/Safety.
Location:
Oklahoma.
The three prisoners were …
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