103 women who alleged sexual assault at the former FCI Dublin prison will receive $115.8 million, the largest settlement ever from the Department of Justice. The settlement follows numerous convictions of prison officers for abuse and a class-action lawsuit.
The Bureau of Prisons agreed to pay $115.8 million to 103 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted at the now-closed FCI Dublin all-women's prison. According to one of the women's lawyers, Jessica Pride, this is the largest settlement ever paid by the Department of Justice . 'This historic settlement sends a powerful message,' Pride said. 'Systematic abuse of prisoners will not be tolerated.' Exactly how much money each woman will receive has not been publicly shared.
The BOP did not immediately respond for comment. Individual women sued the BOP over the abuse they said they endured at FCI Dublin, where seven officers, including the warden, have been sent to prison for sexually abusing women in their car. One of those women was Aimee Chavira of San Diego County. 'We were sentenced to prison, we were not sentenced to be assaulted and abused,' Chavira said.She said that she hopes the settlement money will help survivors like herself begin to heal. Chavira, whom KTVU has interviewed on several occasions, was released three years early from FCI Dublin on compassionate release. A federal judge ruled that her 10-year drug sentence be reduced after she was convinced Chavira had served enough time and had been the victim of abuse.Chavira said several correctional officers abused her at FCI Dublin, including Nicholas Ramos, who died by suicide in 2022 after being placed on leave amidst an internal investigation into his behavior, and Darrell Wayne Smith, aka 'Dirty Dick,' who was charged by the Department of Justice with 12 counts of sexual abuse. He is the eighth remaining correctional officer at FCI Dublin to be charged and is taking his case to trial. A separate class-action lawsuit, called the California Coalition of Women Prisoners, also prompted an unprecedented consent-decree over the BOP, where women who used to be housed at FCI Dublin – and who are now at 13 other prisons across the country – will be the beneficiaries of court-ordered reforms
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