US Bureau of Prisons pays ‘historic’ $115m to survivors of staff sexual abuse

Payout settles claims of abuse and retaliation at women’s prison in Dublin, California, now permanently closed

The US Bureau of Prisons (BoP) has agreed to pay $115m to more than 100 survivors of a major sexual abuse scandal, a historic settlement of a class-action lawsuit that exposed widespread misconduct of officers at a federal prison.

The payout settles 103 claims of sexual abuse and retaliation for reporting misconduct by people who were incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin, a troubled women’s institution located in California. Staff harassment and assault of those in custody at FCI Dublin, east of Oakland, was pervasive and widely documented, and the facility was known internally as the “rape club”.