Push to End Prison Rapes Loses Earlier Momentum

Authors

Brenda V. Smith, American University Washington College of LawFollow
Deborah Sontag

Abstract

After decades of societal indifference, Congress unanimously passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003. But the urgency behind that consensus has dissipated.

Source Publication

The New York Times: U.S.

Recommended Citation

Brenda V. Smith & Deborah Sontag, Push to End Prison Rapes Loses Earlier Momentum, The New York Times: U.S. (2015).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/388