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Dec. 10, 2024
Consent decree for closed Dublin prison should go nationwide, attorneys say
The consent decree announced Friday covers about 500 prisoners once held at Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin. Many have been transferred to other federal women's prisons.
Attorneys for former women inmates who claim they were sexually assaulted in prison hailed a recently issued consent decree, even though the notorious prison at the heart of the case has been closed.
"The Bureau of Prisons needs to get a handle on its staff misconduct situation nationwide, not just for people formally held at Dublin," said Ernest J. Galvan, a partner with Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP in San Francisco, referring to the closed prison. He commented...
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