According to the Observer Network, a large women's prison in the United States with 750 prisoners has long violated female prisoners, from the warden to the foreman. This phenomenon lasted for 5 years and was not exposed until recently.
According to reports, an investigation found that there is a tolerant and harmful culture in prisons. This culture is designed to condone years of misconduct by staff and to a large extent help cover it up and keep it out of the public eye.
The U.S. Women's Prison in Dublin, California, USA, is one of the 6 women's prisons in the United States. Female prisoners said they had been rampantly violated by prison guards and even wardens. When they try to speak their minds, they are often threatened or punished. As a result, the Federal Women's Prison in Dublin is jokingly referred to as the "Rape Club" by female inmates and staff.
Sexual acts between all prison staff and inmates are illegal. Prison staff enjoy great power over prisoners and are able to control all aspects of their lives.
To uncover the truth, the Media obtained internal documents, testimonies and recordings of prisoners from the Federal Prison Service, interviewed current and former prison staff and inmates, and consulted thousands of pages of court records of criminal and civil cases involving Dublin Federal Prison staff.
It is reported that court records and internal documents of the agency show that five years ago, female prisoners filed internal complaints with staff, but it is still unclear whether these complaints have progressed.
A female inmate revealed that a man who had been her prison supervisor, when assigned to work with the maintenance foreman, said to her sarcastically: "Let the game begin." Subsequently, the maintenance foreman claimed to want to impregnate the female prisoner and violated the female prisoner; another female prisoner said that she had considered suicide when her cries for help were ignored, and now she suffers from severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The case is currently under investigation and has been arrested by former prison director Ray Garcia, prison technician Ross Klinger, prison security administrator John Bellhouse, and prison pastor James Theodore.
Ironically, Garcia, as the prison's top executive, was responsible for training staff and inmates to prevent sexual assault, as well as for compliance audits for "eliminate rape." However, this audit began in early 2020 and has not yet been finalized to make the results public. As warden, Garcia was accused of molesting prisoners and forcing them to take nude photos. The investigation found that Garcia had ordered two prisoners to strip naked for nude photos. Not only that, but Garcia also used his authority to intimidate the victims, claiming that the persons in charge of the investigation were his "close friends" and saying that he could not be fired.
In fact, what has been exposed is only the tip of the iceberg. Of the more than 153,000 inmates held in 122 prisons across the country, 422 complaints of sexual abuse were received in 2020 alone. But only 4 complaints have been confirmed and another 290 are still under investigation.