Federal law-enforcement department; its prison-rape audits rated FCI Dublin 100% compliant while staff abused women
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The U.S. Department of Justice was created by an act signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on June 22, 1870, and began operating on July 1, 1870; it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its stated mission is to uphold the rule of law, keep the country safe and protect civil rights, and it is led by the Attorney General and comprises more than 30 component organizations. In the linked stories it appears as the party that released Epstein-related documents on December 23, 2025, as a defendant in New Mexico's August 2026 lawsuit over access to Epstein records, and as the federal party to a January 3, 2025 consent decree with Fulton County, Georgia over jail conditions. The Government Accountability Office reports that DOJ-run PREA audits found FCI Dublin 100 percent compliant in 2021 and 2022, and 10 employees were later charged with sexual abuse allegedly committed between 2016 and 2022; the Bureau of Prisons agreed in December 2024 to pay $115.8 million to 103 women who alleged assault there.
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