Case 1:13-cr-00173-JBW Document 160 Filed 07/28/16 Page 1 of 215 PageID #: <pageID> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JUDGMENT, MEMORANDUM – against – AND ORDER ON SENTENCING D.W., 13-CR-173 Defendant. Appearances United States Robert L. Capers United States Attorney, E.D.N.Y. By: Erik David Paulsen U.S. Attorney’s Office, E.D.N.Y. 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, NY 11201 Defendant Deirdre Dionysia Von Dornum Douglas G. Morris Samuel Jacobson Federal Defenders of New York One Pierrepont Plaza 16th floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Amicus Lambda Legal Defense & Education Hayley Gorenberg Fund, Inc.; National Center for Lambda Legal Defense & Education Lesbian Rights; National Center for Fund, Inc. Transgender Equality; and the 120 Wall Street Sylvia Rivera Law Project 19th Floor New York, NY 10005 Case 1:13-cr-00173-JBW Document 160 Filed 07/28/16 Page 2 of 215 PageID #: <pageID> Amicus Washington Lawyers’ Committee Brandon W Duke for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Winston & Strawn 1111 Louisiana Street, 25th Floor Houston, TX 77002 Benjamin Sokoly Jeffrey Amato Jonathan McCoy Sean Anderson Winston & Strawn LLP 200 Park Avenue NY, NY 10002 Case 1:13-cr-00173-JBW Document 160 Filed 07/28/16 Page 3 of 215 PageID #: <pageID> JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior United States District Judge: I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 4 II. Factual Background........................................................................................................... 6 A. Abuse and Neglect by Biological Parents......................................................................... 6 B. Abuse and Trauma in First Foster Family ...................................................................... 6 C. Abuse and Trauma in Second Foster Family .................................................................. 8 D. Adoption.............................................................................................................................. 9 E. Sexual History and Addiction to Child Pornography .................................................. 11 F. State Incarceration........................................................................................................... 12 1. Repeated Rape .............................................................................................................. 12 2. Mental Health and Suicide Attempts ......................................................................... 13 G. Release from State Custody ......................................................................................... 13 III. Instant Offenses ................................................................................................................ 17 A. FBI Investigation .............................................................................................................. 17 1. Possession of Child Pornography................................................................................ 18 2. Fictitious Bus Company ............................................................................................... 18 B. Arrest ................................................................................................................................ 21 C. Sexual Exploitation of a Child ........................................................................................ 21 D. Plea Negotiations and Trial Preparation ....................................................................... 22 E. Guilty Plea ........................................................................................................................ 23 F. Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) Incarceration ............................................. 23 1. Risk of Suicide .............................................................................................................. 23 2. Disciplinary Issues ........................................................................................................ 26 3. Lack of Family Support ............................................................................................... 28 G. Sentencing ..................................................................................................................... 30 1. Offense Level, Category, and Sentencing Guidelines Range ................................... 30 2. Victim Impact ............................................................................................................... 30 3. Medical and Psychological Evaluations ..................................................................... 31 a) Dr. Richard B. Krueger, M.D. ................................................................................. 32 b) Dr. Robert Prentky, Ph.D. ....................................................................................... 37 c) Dr. Barry Rosenfeld, Ph.D. ...................................................................................... 41 4. Sentencing Hearing of June 2015 ................................................................................ 42 1 Case 1:13-cr-00173-JBW Document 160 Filed 07/28/16 Page 4 of 215 PageID #: <pageID> 5. Defendant’s July 2015 Letter to Court ....................................................................... 45 H. Evidentiary Hearings ................................................................................................... 46 1. Guilty Plea ..................................................................................................................... 47 2. Witness Testimony ....................................................................................................... 51 a) Medical Experts ........................................................................................................ 52 b) Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) Experts ....................................................................... 53 c) Additional Witnesses ................................................................................................ 57 I. Amicus Curiae Briefs ....................................................................................................... 59 IV. Sentencing Considerations .............................................................................................. 60 A. Risk of Harm to Defendant While in BOP Custody ..................................................... 62 1. Designation to Medium or High Security Facility ..................................................... 62 2. Prison Rape Elimination Act (“PREA”) .................................................................... 68 a) BOP PREA Program Statement ............................................................................. 70 b) BOP PREA Intake Screening .................................................................................. 72 3. Limitations of PREA .................................................................................................... 76 4. Characteristics Rendering Defendant Highly Vulnerable ....................................... 78 a) Previous Sexual Victimization ................................................................................. 83 b) Sexual Orientation .................................................................................................... 84 c) Mental Illness ............................................................................................................ 85 d) Sex Offender Status .................................................................................................. 88 B. BOP’s Use of Solitary Confinement to Protect and Punish ......................................... 91 1. Special Housing Units (“SHUs”) ................................................................................. 94 a) Disciplinary Segregation .......................................................................................... 94 b) Administrative Detention ......................................................................................... 95 c) Protective Custody .................................................................................................... 97 d) BOP Tracking of Inmates in SHU......................................................................... 109 2. Lack of Alternatives to Protective Custody ............................................................. 112 a) Transfer to Different Housing Unit ...................................................................... 116 b) Transfer to Different Facility ................................................................................ 117 3. Effects of Solitary Confinement ................................................................................ 118 a) SHU Syndrome ....................................................................................................... 118 b) Effects on Vulnerable Inmates .............................................................................. 122 2 Case 1:13-cr-00173-JBW Document 160 Filed 07/28/16 Page 5 of 215 PageID #: <pageID> c) Post-SHU Syndrome ............................................................................................... 123 d) Destructive Effects of Isolation on Defendant ...................................................... 125 C. FMC Devens; BOP Program for Sex Offenders ......................................................... 125 1. Sex Offender Management Program (“SOMP”) ...................................................