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Taking Rape Out of a Prison Sentence And Why it Matters To LGBT People

Posted 08.11.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt, Cecilia Chung, Prison Rape Elimination Act LGBT, Transgender, Prison Rape Elimination Act, National Center for Transgender Equality, PREA LGBT, Prea, Mara Keisling, Just Dention International, Gay Voices News

Since launching our Voice to Voice conversation series in January, we've tackled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature, Black History Mont...

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

Katharina Obser | Posted 07.21.2012 | Impact
Read More: Women's Rights, Immigrant Rights, Rape, Justice Department, Rape Statistics, Prea, Immigration, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Impact News
Katharina Obser

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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Elise Foley

Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Cca, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Doj, Prea, Prison Rape, Prison Abuse, Sexual Assault, T. Don Hutto Facility, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

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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Elise Foley

Congressmen Urge DHS To Adopt Rape-Prevention Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.08.2011 | Politics
Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Video, Latino Politics, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Immigrant Detention Centers, Janet Napolitano, Prea, Obama Administration, Department of Justice, Immigration, Prison Rape, Prison Sexual Abuse, Dhs, Justice Department, Sexual Abuse in Detention Centers, Politics News

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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Putting An End To Prison Rape

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama Administration, Prison Rape, Just Detention International, Eric Holder Attorney General, Prea, Politics News
Cliff Schecter

There is a prison in Texas where 15.7% of the inmates were raped in the preceding year alone. In any country that likes to think of itself as a beacon of freedom, this is outrageous and must be stopped.

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