By The Editor
Heritagenewsng reports that, Eight members of Congress are demanding an investigation into allegations of abuse and misconduct at an all-women federal prison in Dublin, the leaders said last week.
Report has it that already, four male employees, including warden and chaplain, have been charged allegedly abusing female inmates in Dublin prison.
The leaders including Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore), Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo), Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), Lois Frankel (D-Florida), Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), have asked for an inspection of Federal Correctional Institution Dublin and access to a 2021 audit of it.
The leaders sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz and a separate letter to Michael Carvajal, the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, detailing what they want the investigation to include and what they want related to the audit.
“We were first made aware of the systemic issues plaguing FCI Dublin through the detailed articles and investigations completed by several reputable news sources earlier this month,” the leaders said in a statement.
“These writings detailed how the all-women inmate population at FCI Dublin has allegedly been subjected to rampant sexual harassment and abuse at the hands of predatory male employees like former Warden Ray Garcia, former Chaplain James Theodore Highhouse, Prison Safety Administrator John Bellhouse, and recycling technician Ross Klinger,” the leaders added.
Credit: PleasantonWeekly