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US prison warden found guilty in ‘rape club’ abuse case

The case against Ray Garcia, seen here leaving a federal courthouse in the US city of Oakland, calls into question how the Bureau of Prisons handles sexual assault cases [Jeff Chiu/AP Photo]

The former warden of a federal women’s prison in the United States where inmates said they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse has been convicted of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells.

Ray Garcia was found guilty of eight charges on Thursday and faces up to 15 years in prison. He was among five workers charged with abusing inmates at the federal correctional facility in Dublin, California – reportedly known as the “rape club”. He was the first to go to trial.

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