Summary of The Justice Department is investigating sexual abuse allegations at California women's prisons nostr:nevent1qqs9dr8na9fgc4xvgrapm9c0xjwz96j00fg5pd00s7aewe5fy77cl4gzyzdmh3j2hz0fmczk23875vswwm8muwxrzex94tr5nyca70cxk4mkgqcyqqqqqqgdyjejh The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into allegations of systematic sexual abuse of incarcerated women at two state-run California prisons, the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino. The investigation was sparked by hundreds of private lawsuits alleging rape and sexual abuse by correctional officers.