Spurred by InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff, lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a gap in state law that makes it difficult to hold correctional officers accountable. The state’s “sexual contact with a prisoner” law protects inmates from abuse only when staff touch the victim’s genitals or they’re made to touch the genitals of staff, omitting abuses such as kissing or groping. This falls short of federal Prison Rape Elimination Act