A women’s-only prison in California that was nicknamed a “rape club” due to rampant sexual abuse of inmates by staff will close, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced.
The Federal Correctional Facility in Dublin where Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were serving their sentences faces a planned closure as all 605 inmates will eventually be transferred to other prisons. In preparation, people have already begun moving bags and carts of supplies to buses in the parking lot. In the country.
Bureau of Prisons Commissioner Colette Peters said the agency has taken “unprecedented steps and dedicated significant resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure, and, most importantly, employee misconduct.” However, he admitted that his efforts were insufficient.
Peters added that FCI Dublin, which was once home to Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, was not meeting “expected standards” and the best option was to close the facility, 20 miles east of Auckland. Ta.
Peters said Monday that all prison staff will continue to work.
In recent years, troubles and illegal activities by staff have become a major problem at prisons.
Last August, eight FCI Dublin inmates filed a lawsuit against the BOP, alleging that the agency had failed to eradicate sexual abuse within the prison.
The group’s attorney, Amaris Montes, said the closures show that prisons “recognize that they are not meeting constitutional standards to protect people from sexual assault and harassment.” Ta.
She strongly condemned the transfer of hundreds of prisoners to other parts of the country and possibly far from their families.
“What these women went through in this facility, the abuse they received, it was punishment,” Montes said.
“They’re all low security. Send them home, send them to supervised aid stations. Raise them to be productive members of society.”
The announcement came days after a federal judge appointed a special chief to oversee the prison.
Former prison warden Rey Garcia is one of two prison employees convicted of sexually abusing inmates since 2021.
Five additional employees pleaded guilty, and one case was pending.
Sexual relations between inmates and guards are illegal in prisons.
Former prison chaplain James Theodore Highhouse was also convicted of sexually assaulting a female inmate and sentenced to seven years in prison. Los Angeles Times reported. Prosecutors say he is accused of predatory behavior toward at least six women between 2014 and 2019, claiming that God brought them together.
“There is a culture of corruption in Dublin,” a federal judge said in sentencing the pastor, according to the newspaper. “It is important that the world sees this terrible act and understands this serious penalty.”
with post wire
