Dublin women’s prison rocked by sex abuse scandal to close, inmates will be transferred

The federal women’s prison in Dublin will close, after a sex abuse scandal resulting in criminal convictions of at least seven former employees of the prison so far.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette S. Peters released a statement Monday, saying that over the past several years, the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin “has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources” to address problems at the facility, including culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure and employee misconduct.