Monday, May 30, 2011

Kansas Department of Corrections under Fire

Kansas Department of Corrections has come under fire when former inmates filed lawsuits claiming their constitutional rights were violated they were forced to engage in sexual conduct with prison employees. KDOC were found guildty of having unlawful sexual relations with at least one female inmate at a Topeka prison. The lawsuite claims that the Warden was aware that the plaintiffs were being "incarcerated under conditions posing a substantial risk of serious harm."