[quote](CNN) -- Male guards at an Alabama women's prison engaged in the widespread sexual abuse of female inmates for years, a nonprofit group alleged in a formal complaint filed with the Justice Department on Tuesday.
The Equal Justice Initiative asked the Justice Department to investigate alleged incidents occurring between 2009 and 2011 at the Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. The federal agency confirmed that it received the complaint though declined further comment.
"In interviews with more than 50 women incarcerated at Tutwiler, EJI uncovered evidence of frequent and severe officer-on-inmate sexual violence," the Montgomery-based group said in a statement.
"This troubling cycle of abuse and lack of accountability has established a widespread pattern and practice of custodial sexual misconduct," said Bryan Stevenson, the group's executive director.
Stevenson also blamed the Alabama Department of Corrections for under-reporting the alleged attacks, which the group says include rapes, and for responding inadequately.
The group claims that more than "20 Tutwiler employees have been transferred or terminated in the past five years for having illegal sexual contact with prisoners."
"It's an ongoing thing, a daily thing," said Stefanie Hibbett, 31, a former Tutwiler inmate. "You see women raped and beaten, and nothing is ever done."
Hibbett said she was the victim of sexual assault in November 2010. She said she told the prison's warden about the assault, but no charges were ever filed against the prison guard she says attacked her. An Alabama judge dismissed a civil suit she filed in the case in August.
Several imprisoned women also allegedly became pregnant after being raped by guards, giving birth while in custody, the nonprofit group reported.
CNN cannot independently confirm that account. The Alabama attorney general's office referred questions to the Alabama Department of Corrections, which did not immediately return a call for comment.
A 2007 Justice Department report found that Tutwiler maintained the highest rate of sexual assault among prisons for women and 11th overall of those evaluated across the United States.[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/justice/alabama-prison-complaint/index.html?hpt=hp_t2[/url]
[quote]The group claims that more than "20 Tutwiler employees have been transferred or terminated in the past five years for having illegal sexual contact with prisoners."[/quote]
That's worrying.
[quote]Several imprisoned women also allegedly became pregnant after being raped by guards, giving birth while in custody, the nonprofit group reported.[/quote]
That's even MORE worrying.
horrifying more like it, the one group i'd like to be able to trust in prison are the guards.
My bro's mom is a jail guard. That chick shoots off 1,000 rounds from her gun every month as a requirement for her job. She can hit a moving target in the hand from 200 yards with her pistol. I have never met a more awesome woman. Also, she works at the largest state jail in West Virginia.
All that backstory to say that women make great guards.
[QUOTE=valkery;36069719]My bro's mom is a jail guard. That chick shoots off 1,000 rounds from her gun every month as a requirement for her job. She can hit a moving target in the hand from 200 yards with her pistol. I have never met a more awesome woman. Also, she works at the largest state jail in West Virginia.
All that backstory to say that women make great guards.[/QUOTE]
i now know that a facepuncher's brother's mom is a good jail guard
the more you know
[QUOTE=valkery;36069719]My bro's mom is a jail guard. That chick shoots off 1,000 rounds from her gun every month as a requirement for her job. She can hit a moving target in the hand from 200 yards with her pistol. I have never met a more awesome woman. Also, she works at the largest state jail in West Virginia.
All that backstory to say that women make great guards.[/QUOTE]
That was probably the worst explaination why women gaurds are great gaurds.
[QUOTE=valkery;36069719]My bro's mom is a jail guard. That chick shoots off 1,000 rounds from her gun every month as a requirement for her job. She can hit a moving target in the hand from 200 yards with her pistol. I have never met a more awesome woman. Also, she works at the largest state jail in West Virginia.
All that backstory to say that women make great guards.[/QUOTE]
so like
your mom
or is he a step brother
I'm confused
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;36069973]so like
your mom
or is he a step brother
I'm confused[/QUOTE]
i'm assuming by bro he means friend
america sure is doing a good job at rehabilitating
This is fucking horrible.
What are we, in the middle ages? Holy fuck some have been impregnated?
Who the fuck is supposed to be keeping tabs on our prison system, and where the fuck are they when this shit happens. Not saying everyone knows about every little thing that goes on in prison, but with such widespread abuse, and complaints about it, how can it go unnoticed for so long?
[QUOTE=da bloop;36070326]Who the fuck is supposed to be keeping tabs on our prison system, and where the fuck are they when this shit happens. Not saying everyone knows about every little thing that goes on in prison, but with such widespread abuse, and complaints about it, how can it go unnoticed for so long?[/QUOTE]
That is what is very alarming. Either nobody does any action or they deny the actions even existed
Imagine if your little sister or cousin goes to jail and she's faced with those guards? Not only are you already in jail, you're left to the dogs and scumbags of society as well.
Reminds me of when my girlfriend was placed in a holding cell for a few hours with other soon-to-be inmates of a local county jail here. The other women were exactly her age, differing in crime. It's sad because they're college-age and highschool graduates, (19-25). Doing stupid stuff like DUI over marijuana while driving or petty shoplifting. This is what they would face in other states?
Wait.
I always thought women's prisons had female guards.
Wow apparently I've been living in a less utopian world than I thought I was. And that's frightening in its own way, because the world I thought I was living in was far from an utopia as it was.
[QUOTE=Ermac20;36070253]america sure is doing a good job at rehabilitating[/QUOTE]
Stupid foreigners. We're not even TRYING to rehabilitate them! Hahaha.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;36070481]Stupid foreigners. We're not even TRYING to rehabilitate them! Hahaha.[/QUOTE]
The sad thing is that's exactly true.
The point of prison in the US is punishment, not rehabilitation.
i love how america like to think prisons in other countries are worse when they should actually look at their own
[IMG]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/doGeTxOqrgw/0.jpg[/IMG]
Theres never been any [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill:_Downpour"]Games[/URL] that depict abuse in the prison system, has there?
[QUOTE=Ermac20;36070253]america sure is doing a good job at rehabilitating[/QUOTE]
*Sees something bad happens in SH*
*Immediately jumps to grouping entire country/religion/other people*
And that's my helpful guide to knowing when you're a shitposter.
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;36072469]*Sees something bad happens in SH*
*Immediately jumps to grouping entire country/religion/other people*
And that's my helpful guide to knowing when you're a shitposter.[/QUOTE]
Except he's right. Any American should be able to admit the justice system in America is fundamentally flawed. We place an emphasis on punishment and deterrence more than we do on rehabilitation and prevention.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;36070372]That is what is very alarming. Either nobody does any action or they deny the actions even existed
Imagine if your little sister or cousin goes to jail and she's faced with those guards? Not only are you already in jail, you're left to the dogs and scumbags of society as well.
Reminds me of when my girlfriend was placed in a holding cell for a few hours with other soon-to-be inmates of a local county jail here. The other women were exactly her age, differing in crime. It's sad because they're college-age and highschool graduates, (19-25). Doing stupid stuff like DUI over marijuana while driving or petty shoplifting. This is what they would face in other states?[/QUOTE]
Um, DUI is pretty fucking awful.
[QUOTE=Ermac20;36070253]america sure is doing a good job at rehabilitating[/QUOTE]
Way to keep informed man!
I was asking for lesbians....got nothing from this thread.
[QUOTE=supertribute;36072583]I was asking for lesbians....got nothing from this thread.[/QUOTE]
At least if it were lesbians, they wouldn't get pregnant.
[quote]Several imprisoned women also allegedly became pregnant after being raped by guards, giving birth while in custody, the nonprofit group reported.[/quote]I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to be in this position.
Or to be the kid who gets to live knowing he was the result of prison rape.
So like, they become pregnant in prison and then what is done? Obviously if it's a women's prison the guards would had to have been found guilty. How fucking corrupt.
[QUOTE=Cuon Alpinus;36072631]At least if it were lesbians, they wouldn't get pregnant.[/QUOTE]
[quote]raped[/quote]
[QUOTE=valkery;36069719]She can hit a moving target in the hand from 200 yards with her pistol.[/QUOTE]
i am very skeptical of this.
i am actually pretty sure its not true.
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