Prison Rape Elimination Act

An Overdue Step in Protecting Detained Immigrants From Rape and Sexual Assault, But More Work Remains

Katharina Obser | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Immigrant Rights, Rape, Justice Department, Rape Statistics, Prea, Immigration, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Impact News

That the Obama administration has articulated in no uncertain terms that the Prison Rape Elimination Act should apply to all confinement is a huge victory for the countless detained individuals around the country.

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Prison Rape Standards: A Start, But Only a Start

Eli Lehrer | Posted 05.21.2012

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Within a few years, the official rape prevention rules in every correctional facility in the country will be a lot better than they were a decade ago. The problem, however, isn't going to go away until a real cultural shift takes place in America.

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White House Aims To Curb Prison Rape

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued m...

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Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Immigrant detainees will no longer be treated differently under the law than prison inmates for purposes of rape prevention, the Obama a...

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The Supreme Court's Decision on Strip Searches Will Make Jails More Dangerous

Lovisa Stannow | Posted 04.24.2012

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The practice of strip searching all jail inmates, just because they are detainees, is a violation of basic human rights and unnecessary. It is also a recipe for sexual abuse.

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When Good Isn't Enough

Lovisa Stannow | Posted 05.06.2012

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Over the last year, Janet Napolitano has resisted application of the Prison Rape Elimination Act to facilities run by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing that planned changes to the agency's internal policies would be sufficient.

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Congressmen Urge DHS To Adopt Rape-Prevention Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of House members is urging the Obama administration this week to apply the same rape-prevention measures to immigrant...

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Trauma Compounded: The Plight of LGBT Immigration Detainees

End ICE Abuse | Posted 01.02.2012

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It is absolutely critical that the Obama administration act to address this devastating problem by ensuring that all immigration detainees, including those who are LGBT, are covered under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).

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Battling Prison Rape: Immigration Detainees Deserve Protection, Too

End ICE Abuse | Posted 12.29.2011

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As a first step to address the systemic problem of sexual assault in immigration custody, the Obama administration must ensure that the final DOJ rule implementing PREA covers all immigration detainees, including the hundreds, if not thousands, of victims who remain voiceless and vulnerable under the current system.

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Immigration Detainees Fear Rape and Death

End ICE Abuse | Posted 12.27.2011

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There is one immediate thing the Obama administration can do to help ensure the protection of immigration detainees: make sure that all detainees are covered under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003.

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The Tragic Costs of Immigration Detention

End ICE Abuse | Posted 12.20.2011

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It makes no sense to be expanding a comparable detention regime that costs too much in wasted dollars and ruined lives, and does little to make us safer. Our series seeks a reckoning with an immigration lock-up system that has spiraled out-of-control.

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Prison Sexual Assault Reforms Won't Cover Immigrant Detention Centers

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Time is running out for the public to weigh in on a proposed Department of Justice rule that would not include immigrant detention cente...

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Real Solutions for Ending Prison Rape

David Chura | Posted 05.25.2011

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In jail, your body isn't yours. You undress, shower and shit under somebody's eye. When human beings are treated as commodities, sexual assault becomes inevitable.

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Sex Crimes, Incarcerated

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Justice Department has released its latest estimates of sexual victimization among U.S. prisoners. The numbers, and their political context, have ...

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Time to End Prisoner Rape

Lovisa Stannow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prison officials claim that it will be too expensive to implement new national standards to address prison rape -- too expensive to prevent staff from raping detainees.

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Evangelicals Call For Prison-Rape Reforms

Religion News Service | By Ankita Rao | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Ankita Rao Religion News Service (RNS) Evangelicals are calling on the Obama administration to enact long-promised prison reforms, saying the inca...

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Is Rape Okay With You?

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.17.2011

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Is there anyone out there reading this who condones rape? No, of course not. So then, why do we allow the brutal, repeated rape of our prisoners?

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Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The patriot Sam Adams celebrated the "animated discourse of liberty." Neither Kennedy nor his staff disrespected my own strongly held views on abortion, gay marriage and judicial nominations.

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Behind the Prison RIot in California

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The skills the inmates develop to survive violent prisons make them dangerous when they are released. You can't cage men like animals and then expect them to be model citizens when they return home.

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Getting Serious About Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prison rape has long been a staple of jokes on late night TV, but otherwise it has been ignored as an unseemly but intractable problem of our prisons.

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60,000 Inmates Sexually Abused Every Year

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works _ and states that fail to take steps to protect their inmates could se...

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