Category: Press Releases

Justice Department Releases Study Of Costs, Not Benefits, Of Proposed Measures On Prisoner Rape

  • July 16, 2010

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

In Anticipation of New Federal Report: Sexual Abuse Shatters the Lives of Inmates

  • August 25, 2010

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

New Federal Report: Sexual Abuse Plagues U.S. Prisons and Jails

  • August 26, 2010

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

New Justice Department Report Minimizes Rampant Sexual Abuse of Detained Youth

  • October 27, 2010

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

Ninth Circuit Recognizes Link Between Cross-Gender Searches and Sexual Abuse of Inmates

  • January 6, 2011

In an en banc opinion released yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the search of a male jail inmate by a female cadet, who touched his thighs, buttocks, and genital areas while other officers watched, amounted to an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Just Detention International