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Justice Department Enters Into Settlement Agreement with the State of Kansas to Protect Prisoners at the Topeka Correctional Facility from Sexual Abuse and Misconduct

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. Today, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division reached an agreement with the state of Kansas to reform the Kansas State Department of Corrections (KDOC) correctional practices at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) to protect its women prisoners from sexual victimization.  The agreement resolves allegations that the state subjects women prisoners at TCF to harm due to sexual abuse and misconduct by correctional staff and other prisoners in violation of their…

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