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Inmates Say Prison Culture Contributes To Rampant Sexual Abuse
An apathetic prison culture has allowed the rampant sexual abuse of female inmates to go unchecked, a lawsuit bought by six women alleges, according to a report by lohud.com.
The plaintiffs, all of whom say they were sexually abused, are incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison, and the Taconic Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison, both in Westchester’s Bedford Hills, as well as the Albion Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in western New York, lohud.com reported.
Among those named in the suit are the Department of Correction…
Garrison's Hamilton Fish Named 'New Republic' Publisher
GARRISON, N.Y. -- Hamilton Fish, scion of the famed Garrison Fishes, has been tapped as publisher and editorial director of “The New Republic."
Ham Fish V, as he is also known, is publisher of “The Washington Spectator,” a nonprofit progressive publication, and former publisher of “The Nation,” a weekly magazine devoted to politics and culture.
According to a New York Times story, “New Republic” owner and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has sold the magazine to Win McCormack, who established the literary quarterly, “Tin House.”
Fish, an environmental advocate and documentary film pro…
