A new survey issued by the Justice Department lists a high rate of sexual misconduct reported by inmates at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW), according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The roughly 1,200-inmate facility came under fire earlier this year amidst allegations of inmate discrimination and segregation.
The survey, titled "Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-2009," is the product of interviews with more than 81,000 inmates from 167 state or federal prisons, 286 local jails and 10 special correctional facilities. Included in the study, according to the website for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, are "estimates of nonconsensual sexual acts, abusive sexual contacts, inmate-on-inmate and staff sexual misconduct, and level of coercion."
As the Times-Dispatch points out, the FCCW is the only women’s facility classified as having "both high rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization as well as staff sexual misconduct." A total of 199 FCCW inmates repsonded to the Justice Department survey. Of those surveyed, 11.4 percent reported incidents of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, while 6 percent reported incidents of staff sexual misconduct.
The survey may be viewed in its entirety here.