A day after it was announced that the federal women's prison in Dublin would be permanently shuttered, attorneys for former inmates at the facility said they have reached a tentative settlement with the federal Bureau of Prisons that includes public acknowledgement of staff sexual abuse at the facility.

A day after it was announced that the federal women’s prison in Dublin would be permanently shuttered, attorneys for former inmates at the facility said they have reached a tentative settlement with the federal Bureau of Prisons that includes public acknowledgement of staff sexual abuse at the facility.

DUBLIN — Federal officials have notified Congress that they intend to permanently close the scandal-plagued FCI Dublin women’s prison, a facility wracked by a reputed “rape club” that led to the imprisonment of several jail officials for sexually abusing female inmates.

The scandal-plagued former women’s prison in Dublin will be permanently closed, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday.  UPDATE: Troubled Dublin women's prison sees proposed class-action settlement The Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin (FCI Dublin) was temporarily closed in May and its more than 600 inmates were relocated.

The proposed settlement marks an end to a lawsuit that alleged years of widespread sexual abuse and retaliation by guards at the facility.

In an unprecedented decision, the Bureau of Prisons has reached an agreement in a class-action lawsuit brought by women who were incarcerated at FCI Dublin in California.

After years of allegations of poor treatment and sexual abuse at a federal prison in Dublin, a landmark legal settlement is poised to help protect its former inmates and bring widespread change to the prison system.

The Bureau of Prisons said in a memo that it was grappling with “a very difficult budget situation along with significant repair and maintenance backlogs.”