Idaho Legislature passes bill to expand prison sex abuse law
A bill that would make it easier for prosecutors to charge prison staff accused of sexually abusing inmates passed the Idaho Senate on Tuesday and is…
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Idaho lawmakers move to expand ‘sexual contact’ definition to hold prison staff accountable
Spurred by InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff, lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a…
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Idaho records exposed officer misconduct. Then the state decided to conceal them.
Idaho’s prison system and the state agency that certifies law enforcement will now conceal information about officers’ employment histories,…
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Two Idaho prison guards sexually assaulted her, witnesses said. Neither was charged
**Editor’s Note: The following article discusses incidents of sexual assault. Reader discretion advised.**
It was November 2023, in a staff break…
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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
Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault.
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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