Woman-on-Woman Rape Claim At Rikers

According to the Village Voice, a female inmate says she was sexually assaulted by at least one other woman in her cell in the Rikers Island jail.
Apparently, woman-on-woman sexual assault in correctional facilities is extremely unusual and is being handled with great secrecy by the department.
The alleged victim, claims that someone entered her cell in […]

Policewomen Get “Bulletproof Bras”

Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled “bullet-proof bras.”Made of white cotton and featuring the word “Polizei” (Police) along the seam, the bras are meant to better protect police women who wear bullet-proof vests.
“There was a slight safety risk for women wearing normal bras with metal parts underneath a bullet-proof vest,” a […]