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State's largest women's prison must be held accountable for abuse

By Lilli Paratore, Special to the Sacramento Bee

If the reports emerging from the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) about rampant sexual violence and abuses of power were being reported from anywhere else, there would be outrage across the state. But because these survivors are locked inside California’s largest women’s prison, no one seems to care.