Guards Assaulting Female Inmates in Michigan
The Detroit News is running a series on a lengthy investigation it conducted into prison guards who sexually assault female inmates .
From April 2002 to spring of the following year, Renee Williams says she received gifts from a prison guard with whom she was having a sexual relationship. When they had a falling out, Williams says the guard withheld her mail. When she complained, he had her committed to a mental services unit claiming she was delusional.
The Justice Department has brought several lawsuits against the state over the abuse:
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