E.D., an asylum-seeker and domestic violence survivor from Honduras, was sexually assaulted by an employee while she was detained with her 3-year-old child at the Berks Family Residential Center in Pennsylvania. At the time of the assault, E.D. was 19 years old.
She filed suit against the detention center and its staff for their failure to protect her from sexual violence, even though they were aware of the risk. The record in the case, E.D. v. Sharkey, shows that her assailant coerced and threatened her, including with possible deportation, while the defendants stood by and made jokes
The staff tried to say that she consented. How the fuck does one consent to sex with someone who holds a gun? Monsters. Real life monsters.
This is one of those situations where rehabilitative justice is insufficient. They need to be made to pay for their crimes, dearly. This makes me a monster, too. So be it.