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Special master slams conditions at FCI Dublin in report
Katie DeBenedetti, KQED
Documents ordered unsealed on Friday by a federal judge included a special master’s report that detailed systemic abuse and inadequate medical and mental health care at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin.
At this women's prison in Dublin, sexual abuse is pervasive
Alan Montecillo, Sydney Johnson, Dana Cronin, and Maria Esquinca, KQED
For decades, the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, a women’s prison, has been known for a pervasive culture of sexual abuse towards the women incarcerated there.
Infamous East Bay women’s prison hit with 12 additional sexual assault lawsuits
Sydney Johnson, KQED
A federal East Bay women’s prison where multiple staff have been charged with sexual abuse is now facing 12 additional lawsuits over misconduct at the facility.
'There's no support': Incarcerated survivors testify in East Bay women's prison court hearing
Sydney Johnson, KQED
Survivors of sexual abuse at a federal East Bay women’s prison said inappropriate conduct and retaliation persist, multiple women incarcerated at the facility told a federal judge on Friday.
Dublin women’s prison faces class-action lawsuit over sexual abuse scandal
Sydney Johnson, KQED
Survivors of sexual abuse on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against guards and officials at FCI Dublin, a federal women’s prison where plaintiffs argue there are inadequate systems for preventing, detecting, investigating and responding to rape and sexual assault at the facility.