Idaho’s efforts to confront prison sexual abuse hampered by Federal cuts
**Content Warning: The following article discusses topics of Sexual abuse and assault.**
As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual abuse…
Watchdog report finds Idaho immigrants detained in Wilder raid moved far from home, and from their attorneys
On a Sunday afternoon in October, a man went to the horse racetrack in Wilder, a small Idaho farming town, hoping to unwind after a long week at his…
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Idaho DOC Director calls for strengthened sexual abuse law following non-profit watchdog report
Content Warning: The following article discusses themes of sexual abuse and assault.
For the first time since InvestigateWest exposed widespread…
Non-profit investigation spurs Idaho DOC to reopen former inmate’s sex abuse case, reverses finding
Content Warning: The following article discusses sexual assault.
For nearly a year and a half, Andrea Weiskircher has been pleading with prison…
Non-profit investigation outlines 7 reforms to address unchecked sex abuse in Idaho prisons
Content Warning: The following article discusses sexual assault.
During a yearlong investigation, current and formerly incarcerated women told…
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“Guarded by Predators”: From one voice to many: Women speak out on Idaho prison abuse
Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault.
In June 2024, Andrea Weiskircher thought her life was over.
She was sobbing in a jail cell…
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Guarded by Predators: Idaho law challenges prosecutors seeking to penalize prison guards for sexual abuse
Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault.
In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had just…
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“Gaurded by Predators” – Case closed: Inside Idaho State Police’s handling of prison sexual abuse complaints
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At a medium-security prison in the desert outside Boise, two Idaho State Police detectives…
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“Gaurded by Predators”: In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sexual abuse and victims are blamed
Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault.
If they hadn’t met in prison, none of it would have happened like this. On the outside,…
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Part 1: “Corporal Q”: The Idaho prison guard who preyed on women — and the system that hid his ‘predatory’ conduct
In January 2018, a woman imprisoned at South Idaho Correctional Institution outside Boise was taken to a medical clinic to get abnormal cervical…
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