The first witness to testify against the former warden of the federal prison in Dublin said that the culture of the all-women's facility is that of sex abuse and retaliation – and there's no effort to change it.
"PREA does not exist in Dublin," Melissa said on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oakland as the sex abuse trial against former warden Ray J. Garcia entered its second day. "I've never heard of a PREA class or a program in the 11 years that I've been there."
And yet, prosecutors alleged that at least on one occasion, Garcia digitally penetrated Melissa in a prison changing stall on the same day that PREA investigators were visiting the prison. was forced out of her job for reporting abuse and has been attending the trial, Susan Beaty, an attorney with Centro Legal de La Raza in Oakland who provides legal and emotional support to incarcerated women at FCI Dublin, said outside court that she thinks it "speaks volumes" that FCI Dublin was able to pass its PREA audit "with flying colors" last year, despite being embroiled in a national sex abuse scandal. Added Dr.
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