A former guard at a Missouri women’s prison has been accused by a fifth woman who says the guard sexually assaulted her more than 52 times. The woman filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court for the Western District of Missouri against Edward Bearden, a former guard at Chillicothe Correctional Center, about 120 miles northeast
The state’s lone correctional facility for girls and young women has among the highest rates of sexual abuse of any juvenile facility in the country, according to new federal data. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a report in December that found 14% of the girls and young women housed at Oak Creek Youth
It was a secret that Jason, a Mississippi state inmate, couldn’t keep locked up in his mind any longer. “I was in protective custody, and he was a general population inmate. He told me he was going to get me,” the inmate documented in written testimony, viewed by Fox News. “I came out of my cell for a shower
“Now while there are many organisations providing counselling to survivors of rape. The impact of any form of sexual abuse has long term effects on individuals who suffer at the hands of their perpetrators. With some left with no option escaping, such as rape survivors, assaulted in detention who are forced to see, or even
“The federal government has guidelines in place for how transgender inmates should be treated in America’s jails and prisons. But a recent Philadelphia case shows those rules aren’t always being followed, specifically at Riverside Correctional Facility, the city’s only female jail. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Pranshu Verma explains why.” Listen to the podcast here.