(26 Apr 2023)
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Aurora, Colorado – 25 April 2023
1. Various of federal prison wardens at a training on preventing sexual abuse at the National Corrections Academy
2. Various of the seal for the Federal Bureau of Prisons seen in a hallway
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ARCHIVE: Dublin, California – 5 December 2022
3. STILL Wide of a federal women’s correctional institution
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Aurora, Colorado – 25 April 2023
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General:
“So last year, after a few documented egregious cases, I launched a sexual assault working group, bringing together experts and officials from across the Justice Department. I asked my principal deputy to lead that work and to do so on a very expedited basis because this is urgent, urgent work. That group came together, did terrific work to produce a report with about 50 different recommendations. The director and I discussed those. She’s adopted all of them, and we are working to implement all of them. That’s one of the things I said to the to the wardens here this morning, because it’s their responsibility to help implement those recommendations.”
5. Close of Monaco’s hands gesturing during the interview
6. Mid of Monaco and Federal Bureau of Prisons Director, Colette Peters, walking down a hallway
7. Various of wardens listening to the training
8. Tilt down from Federal Bureau of Prisons seal to interview setting with Monaco and Peters
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General:
“And we’ve been very clear. The director has been very clear, the attorney general and I’ve been very clear that that is not acceptable. And there will be accountability. And that’s what you’ve seen. And there will continue to be that kind of accountability. But most importantly, we’ve got to do all of the work to prevent that from happening in the first place. So that’s about creating and fostering the culture that the director talked about.”
10. Close of a sign to Peters office
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Colette Peters, Federal Bureau of Prisons Director:
“And I think it’s not just about those in our care and custody. It’s really about creating a better work environment for those who work in this field. This field is difficult, it’s hard. And if we continue to do corrections today, like we have been doing it, the average lifespan of a corrections professional is 58. And it’s because of those cortisol levels. It’s because they’re in this state of hyper vigilance all day long. So this work that we’ve done here is really wanting to create a culture that brings that down, creates a more normal environment, a more humane environment, and that equates to a safer environment for both our employees and those in our care and custody.”
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ARCHIVE: Chicago, Illinois – 23 May 2017
12. Various exteriors of Cook County Jail, a security tower, barbed wire fencing
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Aurora, Colorado – 25 April 2023
13. Wide of lobby for the National Corrections Academy
14. Wide of person walking into the National Corrections Academy
STORYLINE:
Sexual abuse in the nation’s federal prisons must be rooted out, the Justice Department’s second-highest-ranking leader told prison wardens gathered for their first nationwide training since revelations that a toxic, permissive culture at a California prison allowed abuse to run rampant.
At the training, wardens sat at round conference tables dotted with quotes about wellness and leadership from Malcolm X and Mahatma Gandhi. It was the first gathering of its kind in five years.
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