Inmates at Tutwiler Prison faced sexual abuse for years, probe says. Jan. 22, 2014— -- A Justice Department investigation accuses Alabama officials of violating women’s rights by fostering ...

Some inmates' lives were just as bleak outside prison as they were within Tutwiler's walls, Hill said. "I met women in there that were so glad to be there because of the men outside who were ...

MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- State Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas today released a 37-page report on an assessment of male supervision of female inmates at Tutwiler Prison for Women ...

An investigation by the Justice Department found that female inmates lived in a “toxic environment” at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Ala., where they have been raped and sodomized.

Inmates who complained were disciplined, according to the report. “We conclude that the state of Alabama violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution by failing to protect women ...

According to the Jan. 22 report, inmates at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in central Alabama were forced to shower or use the bathroom while the male officers watched, were organized into ...

The prison supervisor allegedly demanded that a female inmate at Julia Tutwiler Women’s Facility in Wetumpka perform sex acts “any time he felt like it” or risk getting written up for ...

All these photos were taken in the Isolation Unit of Julia Tutwiler Women’s Prison. “Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump ...

Advocates say Alabama's transfer of some female inmates to out-of-state, for-profit facilities goes in the opposite direction of what the women need, which are community treatment programs and plenty ...

a former Tutwiler inmate. “You see women raped and beaten, and nothing is ever done.” Hibbett said she was the victim of sexual assault in November 2010. She said she told the prison’s ...

Now the prison is run mostly by women. And in recent ... “the pace at which this particular inmate’s labor progressed was unpredictable.” While at Tutwiler, the expectant moms typically ...