Sexual Abuse in US Prisons

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Sexual Abuse in US Prisons

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29 minutes

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Dec 6, 2012

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Linda Pressly investigates why rape and sexual abuse is so common in America's huge prison system - and asks if new measures to fight it will succeed.
Producer: Helen Grady.

Released:

Dec 6, 2012

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