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New report charges conditions at FCI Dublin ‘unconscionable,’ citing ‘system wide issues at BOP’

Estelle Masse, Davis Vanguard

DUBLIN, CA – In a new report made public Friday by federal district court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an FCI Dublin Special Master and Prison Conditions expert found, “It is unconscionable that any correctional agency could allow incarcerated individuals to be subject to the conditions that existed at FCI Dublin” for so long without correction.

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Attorney discusses Dublin prison debacle

Everyday Injustice Podcast, Davis Vanguard

This spring, the Bureau of Prisons announced they were shuttering the women’s prison at FCI Dublin – after it was rocked with revelations of sexual abuse and whistleblower retaliation that led to the former warden being indicted and convicted.

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Groups demand changes at Dublin federal women’s prison to address ongoing abuse  

Michael McCutcheon, Davis Vanguard

DUBLIN, CA – A sweeping demand letter sent last week to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) detailed significant recent and ongoing abuses at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin (FCI Dublin), according to the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Centro Legal de la Raza, Rights Behind Bars (RBB) and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP (RBGG) in “Women Prisoner News.”

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