Month: August 2017

We have standards to stop prison rape. Why were rapists allowed to enforce them?

  • Lovisa Stannow
  • August 9, 2017
  • The Washington Post

When three prison officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn were charged in May with sexually assaulting at least six women in their custody, it did not come as a surprise. The federal prison has been plagued by scandal in recent years, including two high–profile cases of staff sexual misconduct. What may be surprising, however, is that