The federal Prison Rape Elimination Act and Idaho Department of Correction policy require prisons to report all “potentially criminal” acts to law enforcement. The failure to hold the guards criminally accountable follows a decade-long pattern of rampant sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff that often results in shoddy investigations and punishment for victims who speak up. Afterward, he told Michele, “Next time, it’s going to be my cock.”“He acted like he cared,” Michele said. Two weeks later, Michele told the case managers what happened to her, and they filed another report warning prison leadership of the accusations. State police staff confirmed they did not investigate him for sexual abuse of an inmate.