California prisons failed to protect women inmates from staff sexual abuse: DOJ

The federal government on Thursday gave California's prison system 49 days to remediate the conditions that enabled the rampant abuse

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday blasted California for allegedly failing to protect female prisoners from sexual abuse and harassment. The DOJ leveled its accusations at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), namely at the two women’s prisons that it oversees — the Central Calif

The Trump administration threatened legal action against California on Thursday after an investigation found an “unbroken pattern” of sexual misconduct by employees at two state women’s prisons. In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon at the Justice Departmen

“There's travel, the uniforms, pitching in on the lunches,” said Tanisha Curry, 51, who has custody of her granddaughter. She says her family pitches in.

Reporting Highlights Promised Reforms: The Amateur Athletic Union said it would implement “historic” reforms after a child sex abuse scandal in 2011, including mandatory training. It still hasn’t done so. “People Tried to Cover It Up”: A few years later, the AAU exonerated a top executive accused of sexual abuse withou