Their overlapping allegation is the state knew, and reasonably should have known about,  rampant sexual abuse perpetrated systemically by staff and corrections officers against female inmates.

The lawyers cite, among other published works, a 1985 report by the Correctional Association of New York, which found that sexual abuse at Bayview manifested itself from verbal harassment to coerced sexual contact.

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