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California Prisons Fail Women | Venice Beach News
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The Justice Department just dropped a damning report exposing California’s prison system as dangerously failing incarcerated women—especially when it comes to sexual abuse by guards. Investigations at two major women’s prisons revealed rampant misconduct, including one guard sentenced to over 200 years for a decade-long abuse pattern. Worse, the very people supposed to investigate these abuses were sometimes the perpetrators—including a sergeant who got 15 years for possessing child abuse images on the job. With only 49 days to fix glaring flaws like lack of confidentiality in reporting and weak oversight, California faces looming legal action if reforms don’t happen fast. This is a wake-up call: systemic failure demands urgent, real change.
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