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Press Release: The Courage of Formerly Incarcerated Women leads to Former Correctional Officer at Nova Institution Pleading Guilty to Sexual Assault and Breach of Trust

4/4/2022

Today, a former correctional officer at the Nova Institution has pled guilty to three counts of sexual assault (s.271 cc) and three counts of breach of trust (s.122 cc). This plea comes many years after multiple women, who were then incarcerated at the Nova Institution for Women, came forward to share their experiences of being sexually assaulted.

Read the full statement here

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Press Release: The Courage of Formerly Incarcerated Women leads to Former Correctional Officer at Nova Institution Pleading Guilty to Sexual Assault and Breach of Trust

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