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  2. Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Wikipedia

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    In other instances of sexual abuse, soldiers were found to have raped female inmates. Senior U.S. officials admitted that rape had taken place at Abu Ghraib. [56] [57] Some of the women who had been raped became pregnant, and in some cases, were later killed by their family members in what were thought to be instances of honor killing. [58]

  3. Women once held in California 'rape club' prison reach ... - AOL

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    Inmates at a recently closed, scandal-plagued Bay Area women's prison dubbed "the rape club" have reached a historic settlement that will increase oversight and protections for about 500 inmates ...

  4. List of prison deaths - Wikipedia

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    Killed 10 girls and women between 1991 and 1992. Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev: 2000 Russia: Torture or heart attack Parliamentary speaker of Chechenia: Disappeared in 2000, his death was reported as a prison death by Chechenpress and AFP; the FSB denied that Byron De La Beckwith: 2001-01-21 United States: Heart attack [13] American white supremacist

  5. Prison violence - Wikipedia

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    A typical prison cell block in Guantanamo Bay detention center, Camp Delta. Prison violence is a daily occurrence due to the diversity of inmates with varied criminal backgrounds and power dynamics at play in penitentiaries. The three different types of attacks are inmate on inmate, inmate on guard (and vice-versa), and self-inflicted.

  6. Prison rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A United States Department of Justice report, Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, states that "In 2011–12, an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or ...

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Over the past quarter century, Slattery’s for-profit prison enterprises have run afoul of the Justice Department and authorities in New York, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas for alleged offenses ranging from condoning abuse of inmates to plying politicians with undisclosed gifts while seeking to secure state contracts.

  8. United States Penitentiary, Hazelton - Wikipedia

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    Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Whitey Bulger: 02182-748: Murdered in custody on October 30, 2018. Notorious long-time fugitive, crime figure and leader of Boston's Winter Hill Gang; Murdered by other prisoners within hours of his arrival. [25] Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme: 24914-013

  9. The inmate was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and a parole violation from an earlier case, according to Newburyport News. The cause of death was hanging, using a "anti-suicide" bedsheet. The inmate was on suicide watch, according to Newburyport News. Jail or Agency: Rockingham County Department of Corrections; State: New ...