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Women held at Rikers say they were sexually assaulted during routine medical exams
Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. Jennifer Levine thought she knew what to expect when she arrived at Rikers Island in 2002. She was homeless at the time and had been cycling in and out of jail. Levine anticipated the crowded holding cell filled with other women. She knew officers would order her into the showers, order her to strip, and search her body for contraband like drugs or weapons. She knew she would have to put the clothes she was wearing into a clear plastic...
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Iranian women sexually assaulted and beaten in new morality police crackdown
Iranian women are being sexually assaulted, tasered and beaten in a fresh morality police crackdown on those flouting Tehran’s strict dress codes.
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Women held at Rikers say they were sexually assaulted during routine medical exams
Jennifer Levine said she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at Rikers during a routine physical exam. In lawsuits filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, more than 30 women said they were groped, forced to perform oral sex and raped by medical staff at Rikers and other city correctional facilities. [ more › ]