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Hundreds of Women File Rape Lawsuits Against City Jails

Inette Baez stands outside of her Bronx home. She is part of a lawsuit claiming Rikers Island guards sexually assaulted her and hundreds of other women. Nov. 3, 2023.

Inette Baez has held the secret of what happened to her on Rikers Island for nearly 20 years.  She was serving an eight month-jail sentence inside the Rose M. Singer Center in 2004 when, she says, a correction officer repeatedly lured her into a massive freezer and forced her to perform oral sex and raped […]

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