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Why Is Attorney General Eric Holder Dragging His Feet on Prison Rape?
Aug 27th 2010 – 8:47AM
(Aug. 27) -- A new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that sexual violence in prison is rampant. During the year prior to when the BJS took its survey, it found that 64,500 inmates in state and federal prison had been abused, as had another 24,000 in county jails. According to The New York Review of Books,...
Background on prison rape elimination act
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) is the first United States federal law passed dealing with the sexual assault of prisoners.
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