Title
#MeToo Behind Bars: How Federal Investigators Are Ignoring Prison Sexual Assaults They Are Hired To Report
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
11-21-2018
Abstract
Janean Owens has been incarcerated at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women since 2009. In a civil lawsuit filed December 20, 2017, Owens alleged that since her arrival, she was sexually harassed and assaulted by multiple prison employees, six of whom she named in the complaint. According to Owens, she was forced to give and receive oral sex, groped, and constantly stared at.
Source Publication
Witness LA: Criminal justice journalism in the public interst
Recommended Citation
Smith, Brenda V. and White, Lauren Lee, "#MeToo Behind Bars: How Federal Investigators Are Ignoring Prison Sexual Assaults They Are Hired To Report" (2018). Popular Media. 289.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/289