An AP investigation uncovered a toxic culture of sexual abuse and cover-ups at a federal women's prison in California. Staff assaulted inmates for years, using threats and punishment to keep victims quiet while officials ignored complaints.
The AP contacted lawyers for every Dublin prison employee charged with sexual abuse or named as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging abuse, and tried reaching the men directly through available phone numbers and email addresses. None responded to interview requests. A government lawyer representing one of the men being sued declined comment.
The Justice Department said in a statement that “Zero tolerance means exactly that. The Justice Department is committed to both holding accountable any staff who violate their position of trust and to preventing these crimes from happening in the first place.”FCI Dublin, about 21 miles east of Oakland, was opened in 1974. It was converted in 2012 to one of six women-only facilities in the federal prison system.
Inmates and prison workers who spoke to the AP did not want their names published for fear of retaliation. The AP also does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission. Then, in 2020, another inmate’s report that Dublin workers were abusing inmates broke through to the Justice Department’s inspector general and the FBI, triggering a criminal investigation that has led to the arrest of four employees, including former, in the past seven months. They each face up to 15 years in prison, though in other recent cases, sentences have ranged from three months to two years.
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