The DOJ will pay nearly $116 million to more than 100 women who were sexually abused at a Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, known as the “rape club.”
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TheJusticeDepartmenthasbeenorderedtopayalmost$116millionto103womenwhosaytheywereabusedatthenow-closedFederalCorrectionalInstitutioninDublin,California,dubbedthe“rapeclub.”
ThesettlementwasapprovedonTuesdayandwillaverage$1.1millionforeachwomanwhosuedtheprisonformistreatmentandstaff-on-inmatesexualabuse.
“Weweresentencedtoprison,wewerenotsentencedtobeassaultedandabused,”lawsuitplaintiffandformerDublinprisonerAimeeChaviratoldTheAssociatedPress.
“Ihopethissettlementwillhelpsurvivors,likeme,astheybegintoheal–butmoneywillnotrepairtheharmthatBOPdidtous,orfreesurvivorswhocontinuetosufferinprison,orbringbacksurvivorswhoweredeportedandseparatedfromtheirfamilies,”shesaid.
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Theprison’sformerwarden,RayGarcia,andsevenotheremployees
