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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges

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The district attorney of San Bernadino county said prosecutors were reviewing the case for possible charges. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Alamy

Two women incarcerated in a California prison are calling for the prosecution of a staff cook who they say sexually assaulted them.

The women say Marcus Johnson, a former supervisory cook at the California Institution for Women (CIW), raped them in 2020 while they were working for him in kitchen jobs. The women, who were making under 40 cents an hour, said in federal civil complaints he threatened disciplinary action if they reported him.

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