Most Idaho prison workers accused of sexually assaulting inmates go unpunished, investigation finds
This photo provided by InvestigateWest shows an incarcerated woman making a call at the South Idaho Correctional Institution on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, outside of Boise, Idaho. (Whitney Bryen/InvestigateWest via AP)
In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished.
Their accounts, gathered over an almost yearlong investigation, reveal the chilling reality of incarceration in a state that locks up women at the nation’s highest rate.
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