Report Documents Sexual Violence in Prisons

Authors

Brenda V. Smith, American University Washington College of LawFollow
Laura Sullivan
Steve Inskeep
Allen Beck, Writer of Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on prison rape

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

8-1-2005

Abstract

The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 mandated that the government start tracking sexual abuse within the prison system. The first report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics says the government substantiated nearly 2,100 incidents of sexual violence in 2004.

Source Publication

NPR's Morning Edition

Recommended Citation

Smith, Brenda V.; Sullivan, Laura; Inskeep, Steve; and Beck, Allen, "Report Documents Sexual Violence in Prisons" (2005). Popular Media. 384.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/384