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DOJ report details widespread ‘systemic’ sexual abuse at Florida’s largest women’s prison     OCALA, Flordia (WESH) — The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday released a scathing report alleging that Florida’s largest women’s prison, located in Ocala, has repeatedly failed to protect inmates from being sexually assaulted by staff. As part of an investigation that dates to 2018, the DOJ said it found that the Florida Department of Corrections has documented and been aware of a pattern or practice of staff sexual abuse of Lowell Correctional Institution prisoners si...

(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) (CN) — Federal prosecutors accused Florida prison officials of failing to protect women inmates from sexual abuse by correctional officers in a searing report released Tuesday.  The Justice Department investigation report details beatings and rapes of female prisoners at Lowell Correctional Institution, located in Ocala. State prison officials neglected to address the crimes, despite “systemic” sexual abuse that goes back to at least 2006, according to the report. Lowell is the largest women’s prison in the country and houses nearly 1,500 inmates.  ...

Feds find Iowa care home for people with disabilities used patients as human guinea pigs for experiments on hydration and sexual arousal without their consent The U.S. Department of Justice found that the residents of an Iowa care home were subjected to human experiments violating their 'constitutional rights' Glenwood Resource Center cared for 200 people with intellectual disabilities Report found residents were subject of human sexual arousal experiments  Questionable hydration therapy was also performed on patients  Between June 2018 to April 2019, 14 residents died, which is twice the h...

DOJ probe finds staff at Florida women's prison sexually abused inmates By File Photo by Kabbagesaver/Pixabay/UPI Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors said a Florida women's prison has failed to protect prisoners from sexual abuse by facility staff in violation of the inmate's constitutional rights. The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida released a report on Tuesday following an investigation into the Lowell Correctional Institution that found staff sexually abused female inmates who remained at repeated risk of furthe...

David Pitt December 22, 2020 - 7:00 PM DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Justice Department has found a state-run care centre for people with intellectual disabilities has likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous by federal investigators. A report released Tuesday identified broad failures at the Glenwood Resource Center, including poor treatment of residents and failure of the Iowa Department of Human Services to respond. The report said breakdowns in the quality of physical healt...