California prison sex assault survivor granted compassionate release
Over the course of eight months, KTVU has spoken with more than three dozen women who say they have been sexually assaulted or witnessed such abuse at FCI Dublin. Many who spoke up were retaliated against.But her attorney Erica Zunkel at the University of Chicago and her law students didn't give up. detailing the abuses Chavira suffered.
Zunkel said the federal prosecutor had no opposition to Chavira being released early, paving the way for the judge's recent decision. Chavira is one of 30 known women seeking compassionate release because of sexual abuse allegations at FCI Dublin, according to Kevin Ring, president of FAMM, the prison rights advocacy group behind the movement.
Chavira's request was among the first, if not the first, to be filed ahead of a forthcoming wave of similar motions. KTVU is aware of some other women also winning their compassionate release motions, but details of those cases have yet to be made public. Chavira is well aware that she has taken on the Bureau of Prisons and individual officers in going public with her story. "She wants to give voice to women who haven't been able to talk about these things like she had," Zunkel said. "And I really admire her for that." Lisa Fernandez is a reporter for KTVU. Email Lisa at lisa.
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