In Detention Centers, 97 Percent of Rape Accusations Met by Silence, Report Says
- Annamarya Scaccia
- April 24, 2017
- Broadly
A complaint issued by CIVIC charges that the DHS Office of Inspector General failed to investigate more than 97 percent of reports of sexual abuse from people in immigration detention over a two-year period. Douglas Menjivar says the first time he was raped in 2013, he didn’t report the assault. His alleged attacker, a fellow