Civil Rights
Aug. 14, 2026
DOJ finds systemic sexual abuse failures at California women's prisons
A Justice Department investigation found California's two primary women's prisons failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff, citing systemic breakdowns in reporting, investigations and accountability that federal officials said violate the Constitution.
U.S. Department of Justice officials said Thursday that California's two primary women's prisons have failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff, describing longstanding misconduct and systemic failures that federal officials said violate the Constitution.
An investigation found "a longstanding pattern of sustained staff sexual misconduct" at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla and California Institution f...
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