It took 10 years of legal back-and-forth, but the Michigan Department of Corrections is on the hook for $100 million, settling class action charges it allowed some 500 female inmates to be sexually abused. Wasn’t it just last year DOC Director Patricia Caruso was “oppos[ing] national standards being developed to address sexual abuse behind bars, stating that they would require that a ‘disproportionate amount of resources be dedicated to an issue that affects less than 1% of the DOC prison population’”? Why yes, it was.
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dontblamemeivotedforhillary
Too bad for the laid-off GM workers and their families. 100 million could help others better!
Mike
That’s right, DONTBLAMEME. Who cares if hundreds of women were raped?
I bet your mother would be the first to volunteer, just to help out the GM workers.
Oliver
@dontblamemeivotedforhillary:
You’re a douchebag.
shaden
um, no… DONTBLAMEME,YOU’RE the douche. seriously. think before you speak. Oliver’s on point.
hyhybt
@Mike: See, now you’ve got me wondering whether it’s logically possible to volunteer for rape…