Sexual Abuse Behind Bars: Prisoner Complaints Unheeded. Norman Sinclair and others.
by Sinclair, Norman; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 75Institutions. Publisher: Detroit News, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Correctional personnel | Human Rights Watch (Organization) | Michigan -- Legislature | Prison administration | Sex crimes | Women prisonersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Michigan lawmakers and prison officials have stymied investigations of sexual abuse in women's prisons, stifled inmate complaints and stripped away the rights of assaulted prisoners to sue for damages, a five-month investigation by The Detroit News found." (DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS) This article discusses how the "actions by Michigan officials over the past decade have helped make sexual abuse an intractable problem in the state's female prisons" ensuring "that there are fewer legal remedies for current and future victims of sexual abuse."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Sexual Abuse Behind Bars: Prisoner Complaints Unheeded, May 24, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Michigan lawmakers and prison officials have stymied investigations of sexual abuse in women's prisons, stifled inmate complaints and stripped away the rights of assaulted prisoners to sue for damages, a five-month investigation by The Detroit News found." (DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS) This article discusses how the "actions by Michigan officials over the past decade have helped make sexual abuse an intractable problem in the state's female prisons" ensuring "that there are fewer legal remedies for current and future victims of sexual abuse."
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