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Report: CA failed to protect female inmates from sexual abuse by staff

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Thursday, August 13, 2026 10:43PM
Report: CA failed to protect female inmates from sexual abuse by staff
The U.S. Justice Department is exposing, what it says is, a "horrific" environment of staff misconduct and sexual abuse inside California women's prisons.
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