Editorial: Dublin women’s prison closure rife with abuse and court secrecy

Women sexually abused in prison. Inmates facing retribution for speaking out and then suddenly being moved to lockups across the country. Courts holding secret hearings without notice, shutting out the press and public.

No, this isn’t Russia. This is right here in the Bay Area. And it is appalling.

The Biden administration’s recent announcement that it was immediately closing the federal prison housing about 600 women in Dublin has turned into a revictimization of inmates.

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