Women state prisoners from New York City coveted a transfer to Bayview Correctional Facility on W. 20th St. in Chelsea to be closer to friends and family, or enroll in work release programs. Many also say they were sexually abused by staff who threatened to take away their hard-won privileges and transfer them to harsher lockups upstate.
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