http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/23/staff-members-committed-half-sexual-assaults-priso/
Nearly half of all sexual assault accusations reported in U.S. correctional facilities in 2011 were aimed at prison guards or staff, according to a report released Thursday by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. That was up 18 percent since 2006.
...Among the accused perpetrators, less than half were prosecuted and 22 percent remained in their jobs, the report said.
“An inmate is just as threatened by staff as … by other inmates — this wasn’t the prevalent thought just a few years ago,” said Jamie Fellner, who served on the National Rape Elimination Commission that was created by Congress to better understand the dynamics of sexual assaults behind bars.
Nearly half of all sexual assault accusations reported in U.S. correctional facilities in 2011 were aimed at prison guards or staff, according to a report released Thursday by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. That was up 18 percent since 2006.
...Among the accused perpetrators, less than half were prosecuted and 22 percent remained in their jobs, the report said.
“An inmate is just as threatened by staff as … by other inmates — this wasn’t the prevalent thought just a few years ago,” said Jamie Fellner, who served on the National Rape Elimination Commission that was created by Congress to better understand the dynamics of sexual assaults behind bars.