A federal appeals court has reinstated the claims of three former female prison inmates who alleged they were sexually abused by male correction officers in New York state prisons and that administrators failed to protect them despite repeated warnings that the women faced “substantial and unreasonable” risks of mistreatment.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reversed Southern District Judge Kevin T. Duffy’s 2007 dismissal of the class-action suit brought by the Legal Aid Society on behalf of 13 female inmates who alleged sexual harassment and abuse in violation of their First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth amendment rights. The alleged violations ranged from unwelcome touching or invasions of the inmates’ right to privacy to assault and rape.
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