The Justice Department has been ordered to pay almost $116 million to more than 100 women who were abused at a Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, known as the 'rape club.' The settlement, approved on Tuesday, will average $1.1 million for each woman who sued the prison for mistreatment and staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
Aimee Chavira, a former Dublin prisoner and a plaintiff in the lawsuit, expressed her sentiments, stating, 'We were sentenced to prison, we were not sentenced to be assaulted and abused.' She hopes that the settlement will aid survivors in their healing process, acknowledging that while money cannot undo the harm caused by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), it may provide some relief.
