NCJ Number
245888
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 93 Issue: 3 Dated: June 2013 Pages: 335-354
Date Published
June 2013
Length
20 pages
Annotation
The authors, one a past member of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission NPREC, review the historic literature on solutions to prison sexual assault.
Abstract
The authors, one a past member of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission NPREC, review the historic literature on solutions to prison sexual assault. We contend that pressure for humanitarian treatment of inmates as well as other forces internal and external to the prison system brought about the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act PREA and NPREC. We review the 40 standards to stop prison rape in adult prisons and jails proposed by NPREC in 2009 and compare their scope to solutions from past literature. We recommend that the effectiveness of NPREC standards be evaluated and that the search for solutions continue.