commission, as "doctor," would monitor the defendant's response to treatment, decide when he was cured, and then release him.13


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In 1976, the Congress, having grown dissatisfied with this medical model sentencing scheme for several reasons, passed the Parole Commission and Reorganization Act (the Parole Act or Act).14   The Act reconstituted the parole authority as the U.S. Parole Commission, abolished the parole authority's "doctor" role, and gave it the new role of resentencer.  Henceforth, the Commission, acting on essentially the same information presented to the sentencing judge,15 would resentence the defendant for the purposes of punishment, general deterrence and specific deterrence.  Rehabilitation would not be one of the Commission's resentencing objectives;  any rehabilitation an offender might obtain would be a coincidental result of his incarceration.


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Theof sexual harassment and assault.

Juan (only first names are used in the complaint, and some are changed to ensure the privacy of the complainants) was sexually assaulted by two other detainees but only transferred to another facility after three months of his reporting the incident, despite his repeatedly asking for a transfer. Steve, an HIV-positive individual, was taken to the doctor's office for a regular checkup and endured having blood drawn from the veins on the back of his hands because a facility officer refused to unshackle them, even after repeated requests from the doctor and nurse. Monica, an MTF transgender inmate, has been denied her hormone treatments for over five months and has received no treatment for her trauma-related depression.

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