In 2003, Congress—led by current attorney general Jeff Sessions—passed a law to eliminate sexual assault in America’s jails and prisons. Is it working? One stormy July morning in 2013, 17-year-old R.W.* awoke to use the bathroom and found himself stuck in the throes of an American nightmare. Then an inmate at the Sumter Correctional Institution in
-Investigation found 497 officers were accused of misconduct between 2013 and 2015 including abuse of detainees, falling asleep and being drunk on the job -An agent was suspended for trying to use his government-issued Blackberry to solicit a prostitute in Bangkok, Thailand -Two guards were reprimanded after they were discovered in a sexual relationship
Even though he just garnered a career-best $11.5 million jury award, veteran personal injury lawyer Tom Weidner says he wasn’t in the mood to pop the champagne corks. “Professionally, it was very satisfying and it was a great team effort,” said Weidner, a partner at Eckberg Lammers in Stillwater. “But it’s such a sad story,