According to papers filed in court, since opening in 2001, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility has had at least a dozen sexual abuse scandals involving staff who have been sued and criminally convicted. Currently over a dozen women have accused former prison nurse Tony Klein of of sexual assaults that range from exposing himself to digital penetration, forcing oral sex, and rape, according to court filings and internal records from numerous agencies OPB obtained through public records requests. — Todd Blackwood / Special for OPB

Questions hang over sexual assault claims involving former nurse in Oregon women’s prison

By Conrad Wilson (OPB)

March 8, 2022 5 a.m.

For women in prison to be believed, they are not only required to prove their allegations true, they also have to overcome their criminal histories.

Tags: Prison, Investigations