Congressional Leaders, Advocates, and Survivors Call for Urgent Action A Year After Bipartisan Commission Proposed Federal Blueprint to Stop Sexual Abuse Behind Bar Washington, DC, June 23, 2010. One year after the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission released national standards aimed at ending sexual violence in detention, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, advocates, and prisoner
WASHINGTON, DC, — On July 16, 2010, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs released the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Cost Impact Analysis, a report prepared for the Department by consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The study outlines costs estimated by corrections administrators for achieving compliance with proposed national standards drafted by the
Rape and sexual abuse in detention is epidemic across America — underscores need for binding national standards WASHINGTON, D.C., August 25, 2010 — Tomorrow, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will release a report of its most recent nationwide survey of sexual victimization among prison and jail inmates. While this is vitally
Bureau of Justice Statistics study confirms epidemic of sexual abuse in detention — underscores need for binding national standards WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 2010 — A study released today by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) estimates that at least 88,500 adults held in U.S. prisons and jails were sexually abused at
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 27, 2010 — The Department of Justice has squandered an opportunity to address the rampant sexual abuse of detained youth, choosing instead to minimize this crisis. In the executive summary of its new “Report on Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Correctional Facilities,” the Department’s Review Panel on Prison Rape claims that a recent
