"This settlement is historic. It is the first time in BOP history that monitoring will be enforced by consent decree across over a dozen federal women's prisons nationwide," Amaris Montes, an attorney representing class members, said in a statement. "This reflects the lived reality of the class members in this lawsuit: The problems at FCI Dublin were not unique to that facility, and the BOP has failed people in its custody across the country."
The consent decree requires close monitoring of staff abuse and retaliation, medical care, the application of early release credits and the timely release of inmates to halfway houses. It was submitted to the court Friday morning, and if approved will require court oversight of its implementation for the next two years.
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