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Editorial: Rape in Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Editorial Rape in Prison Published: June 23, 2009 NY Times Rape accompanied by savage violence has long been part of prison life. Congress finally confronted this horrendous problem by passing the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. In addition to bringing attention to a long overlooked problem, the new law created a commission that has put forth a broad set of rape-prevention standards that deserve to become mandatory in correctional agencies throughout the country. The commission report, released earlier this week, should come as alarming news. It suggests, for example, that rapes carried out by corrections officers and inmates are widespread, but the actual rates of rape vary widely from place to place. Drawing on a federal survey of more than 63,000 state and federal inmates, the commission said that about 4...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).