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The Justice Department said it could sue the department in 49 days if officials did not address the problems laid out in the report. A spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Corrections, Matthew Schuman, said the agency had already formed a task force to implement some of the recommendations the Justice Department announced Monday, including gender restrictions for some posts, more cameras and an early warning system to identify problematic behavior. It has re-established a board of women to advocate on behalf of inmates at Edna Mahan, and officers now undergo more training on gender issues. Schuman said. The damning report was the latest instance of a Justice Department effort to crack down on abuses at state prisons across the nation. At least 16 women said they were beaten or sexually abused between and by a single officer, according to the report. In and , three corrections officers were fired after several women accused them of abuse.

Two of the 14, including a former deputy warden, were charged with rape. Others, including four women, were charged with sexual assault against a person in custody, aggravated sodomy or sodomy. More indictments are expected, said Robert Cullen, an attorney for the inmates. The indictments in Milledgeville followed an eight-month state investigation of allegations by female inmates who said they were raped, put into prostitution rings or forced to have abortions, homosexual relationships or sex for favors. The inmates accused 50 prison employees of physical or sexual abuse dating back to , or of knowing of the abuse and doing nothing.

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