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CT Assistant AG Blames Inmate for Prison Rape

Controversy erupts as Connecticut assistant attorney general suggests inmates role in sexual assaults, offering settlement to prevent lawsuit. Lashanda Gregory, a thirty-eight-year-old inmate, claims prison politics force inmates to comply with sexual favors from correction officers. Gregorys attorney calls the settlement offer coercive, as the assistant attorney general threatened to portray her as at fault if she pursued the lawsuit. The state Office of Attorney General declined to comment due to confidentiality.

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