The warden of a troubled federal women's prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes of evidence from the facility in an apparent escalation of aslong investigation that put a former warden and other employees behind bars for sexually abusing inmates, the Associated Press reports. Federal lawyers said that Art Dulgov was removed as warden of the Dublin prison amid allegations that his staff had retaliated against an inmate who testified in January in a lawsuit against the prison. The inmate was transferred to a different prison despite a judge's order not to transfer witnesses without court approval. The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the leadership shakeup, saying that “recent developments have necessitated new executive employees be installed” at the low-security Bay Area facility. The agency did not comment on the FBI search.
Deputy Regional Director N.T. McKinney will replace Dulgov on an interim basis, Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Randilee Giamusso said. McKinney is at least the fourth person to be put in charge at Dublin since former warden Ray Garcia was placed on administrative leave after the FBI raided his office and vehicle in July 2021. An associate warden and prison captain working under Dulgov were also removed from their positions, along with an executive assistant who oversaw the prison’s minimum-security satellite camp, government lawyers said. More than a dozen FBI agents searched Dublin on Monday, seizing computers, documents and other evidence and seeking to interview employees.
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