The women who fought back when their jailers assaulted them
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The women who fought back when their jailers assaulted them

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 11, 202628 min
  • Crime & justice

Aliksandria Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when a male officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. That was just the beginning. On this episode of The Sunday Story, we feature the first episode of a new three-part series from KQED’s Snap Judgment called “We Are Jane Doe.” It follows thirteen women and their fight for justice against the jailers who sexually assaulted them. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manag...

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Over at Snap Judgment, a podcast from KQED, reporters Maddie Balaños and Anna Sussman

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I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First. Hashtag I am Jane Doe is surging on social media in response to allegations of a gang rape at Cornell University. The campaign is seeing women naming their abusers and calling for accountability across

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the country. Over at Snap Judgment, a podcast from KQED, reporters Maddie Balaños and Anna Sussman have been doing an investigation into sexual abuse at a women's prison in California.

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In their new three-part series, We Are Jane Doe, 13 women break the silence about the assaults they experienced at the hands of the prison guards. A warning that this story contains strong language

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