After being detained by federal border agents, Leticia, 15, faced having to navigate the immigration system—where there is no right to government-appointed counsel—alone. A pro bono attorney stepped up for…
New York State prison guards who break the law by having sex with an inmate often receive favorable treatment by juries and light sentences from judges.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is off Rikers Island. Most of the inmates he left behind haven’t been convicted of anything. They’re awaiting trial. And most are waiting behind bars because they can’t…
More on City Limits investigation into sexual abuse involving male guards and female inmates in New York State prisons–and the national push to eliminate prison sex abuse.
DOCS says that misunderstandings about pat-frisks might explain some of the sexual misconduct allegations its inmates have made against guards. Some evidence suggests, however, that the problems in New York’s…
For at least 35 years, New York State legal advocates, prison officials and unions have wrestled over how to protect female inmates from sexual abuse when male officers guard them.
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