…at least 400 lawsuits against the city Department of Correction filed under New York State’s Adult Survivors Act, signed into law in May 2022. Similar to the Child Victims Act, the ASA gives alleged victims of sexual assault a window to seek monetary damages long after the statute of limitations for possible criminal charges expired.
This is happens in all Juvenile and women correctional facilities. Since the US justice system has never been about rehabilitation they’ve (meaning us as a society) have never bothered to vet staff and protect those being held.