These inhumane and abusive practices have not changed. The women have not accepted these abuses quietly. They have launched complaints to prison administrators:
"Women have made their complaints on inmate letters and verbally to the lieutenant, sergeant, captains, deputy warden, counselors, supervisors and the major.
The gates are opening!
Since Brown took office, people who have been denied for years are finally getting out of prison.
Where Abolition Meets Action: Women Organizing Against Gender Violence
Sexual harassment and medical neglect at women's state prison: Two recent reports from women incarcerated at SCI Muncy women's prison describe how on certain units, male prison guards are permitted to come into the bathrooms while the women are using the toilet or showering, and that shower curtains are not tall enough to maintain privacy.The women describe these policies as inappropriate and harmful to their feelings of safety and privacy.One woman reported that male guards have b
Prisoners and Formerly Incarcerated Persons v the USA
Ms. Garcia's story is heart-breaking - she has worked very hard to heal from childhood physical and sexual abuse, human trafficking, and terrorization of herself and her children at the hands of her ‘crime partner’. She accepts responsibility for her crime, expresses remorse for her actions, and has maintained an outstanding disciplinary record for the past 18 years.This is the second time that the Board has found Ms.
The leaders of a Virginia prison with one of the highest reported percentages of inmate rape and sexual misconduct in the country said Tuesday they have worked to correct the problem with management changes and more investigators and cameras.The officials from Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the largest prison for women in Virginia, testified before a Department of Justice panel created to examine sexual victimization in prisons and jails across the country.
Note that refusal to accept these jobs is grounds for transfer to a higher security yard or detention unit- is that what we want to be spending our corrections money on, instead of programs and health care for these women?...an excerpt from a letter from one woman:
I work on a work crew for Martori Farms. We work 6 days a week for 8 hrs. It’s a mandatory overtime job.