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IN: Scathing Report Details Abuse At Juvenile Prison Report: Female Inmates Assaulted By Guards, Living In Filth

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Scathing Report Details Abuse At Juvenile Prison Report: Female Inmates Assaulted By Guards, Living In Filth POSTED: 10:10 am EDT May 17, 2010 UPDATED: 7:44 pm EDT May 17, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS -- Federal authorities are calling on Indiana to address abuses within its juvenile correction facilities after reports of young inmates sexually assaulted by guards and living in filth. A Jan. 29 letter and report from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to Gov. Mitch Daniels details troubles within the former Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility, including a mentally ill inmate left dirty and pulling out her hair and male guards having sex with and performing strip searches on young female inmates, 6News' Joanna Massee reported. "The sexualized environment at the facility appears rampant," the letter read...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).