FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California will go on trial Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, after prosecutors say he sexually abused several inmates in his case, forced them to pose nude for him and kept photos of the naked prisoners on his government cellphone. Ray Garcia was the warden at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif.
An Associated Press investigation in February revealed a culture of abuse and cover-up that had persisted for years at the prison, about 21 miles east of Oakland. That reporting led to increased scrutiny from Congress and pledges from the federal Bureau of Prisons that it would fix problems and change the culture at the prison.
The case, with shades of #MeToo behind bars, is also likely to put a spotlight on the Bureau of Prisons, calling into question its handling of sexual abuse complaints from inmates against staff and the vetting process for the people it chooses to run its prisons. Garcia was in charge of staff and inmate training on reporting abuse and complying with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act at the same time he was committing abuse, prosecutors say, and some inmates say they were sent to solitary confinement or other prisons for accusing employees of abuse.
“If they’re undressing, I’ve already looked,” Garcia told the FBI in July 2021, according to court records. “I don’t, like, schedule a time like, ‘You be undressed, and I’ll be there.’”The inmates were not identified in court papers. The AP generally does not name people who say they are victims ofAll sexual activity between a prison worker and an inmate is illegal.
So you do prosecute bad and corrupted officials. I thought it is like the UK here where no matter how bad they are, they get away with it. UK feels like a big lawless jungle at the moment.
Hopefully many men will rape the Ex-Warden
Probably a poor choice of name.
ACAB
Strictly speaking from a deterrence perspective, I have identified a major part of the problem:
But you love the federal government I’m really surprised this bothers you but Epstein’s pedo island and maxwells client list is meh to you.
Female wardens might mitigate if not eliminate the problem. Is it that hard to find qualified female wardens? How does he face up to only 15 years when he should be facing life in prison?