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Two Santa Barbara County Jail Workers Arrested for Sexual AssaultTwo Santa Barbara County Jail Workers Arrested for Sexual Assault
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California
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Prisons and Jails
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Staffing shortages fuel safety concerns in Minnesota prisons, state report saysStaffing shortages fuel safety concerns in Minnesota prisons, state…
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Minnesota
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Civil Rights Commission Takes Stand for Female InmatesCivil Rights Commission Takes Stand for Female Inmates
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Ohio youth agency responds to high sex-victimization statsOhio youth agency responds to high sex-victimization stats
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Ohio
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Juvenile Facility
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Juvenile
Sexual abuse
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Federal corrections officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing inmateFederal corrections officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing inmate
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New York
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Report: 14% of youth at Oregon correctional facility report sex abuse within past yearReport: 14% of youth at Oregon correctional facility report sex abuse…
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Oregon
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Juvenile Facility
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Michigan agrees to pay $80 million in prison sex abuse lawsuitMichigan agrees to pay $80 million in prison sex abuse lawsuit
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Misgendered and mistreated in jail: A Pinellas transgender woman shares her storyMisgendered and mistreated in jail: A Pinellas transgender woman…
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Florida
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LGBTI
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Former Arkansas Prisoner Transport Officer Faces Life in Jail for Sexually Assaulting Female Inmates in His CustodyFormer Arkansas Prisoner Transport Officer Faces Life in Jail for…
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Arkansas
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Ex-jail officer who assaulted female inmates gets 20 yearsEx-jail officer who assaulted female inmates gets 20 years
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Ohio
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Sex abuse at N.J. women’s prison ‘an open secret,’ DOJ report saysSex abuse at N.J. women’s prison ‘an open secret,’ DOJ report says
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Pennsylvania
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Prisons and Jails
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Man accused of sexually assaulting inmate pleads guilty to lesser chargeMan accused of sexually assaulting inmate pleads guilty to lesser…
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Utah
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Prisons and Jails
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Sexual abuse
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Macomb County jail doctor traded candy for sex, lawsuit allegesMacomb County jail doctor traded candy for sex, lawsuit alleges
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Michigan
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Sexual abuse
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Alabama corrections officer pleads guilty to sexual assault of two inmatesAlabama corrections officer pleads guilty to sexual assault of two…
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Alabama
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Prisons and Jails
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Sexual abuse
Staff-inmate relations
Staff sexual misconduct
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Judge dismisses Nebraska lawsuit filed by ex-prisoner sexually abused by guardJudge dismisses Nebraska lawsuit filed by ex-prisoner sexually abused…
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Nebraska
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Retaliation
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