SOUTHEAST BOISE, Idaho — A former Idaho inmate says several correctional officers sexually abused her during her time in prison – and that her attempts to report the abuse were dismissed. In continued coverage of sexual safety behind bars, a former Idaho Department of Correction case manager is echoing her concerns, describing what he says is a broader culture of retaliation and silence.

Andrea Weiskircher spent 20 years incarcerated in Idaho. She told Idaho News 6 that “there's a lot of things that go on in the prison that shouldn't happen.”

Weiskircher says the abuse took place over a period of years. She described one incident in which she said an officer “flipped [her] around, started kissing [her] and put [her] hands on his genitals.”

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