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| DOJ 'Finally' Implementing Anti-Prison Rape Policies, 10 Years After Congressional Vote |
| By .usnews.com - Steven Nelson |
| Published: 09/05/2013 |
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The Department of Justice is beginning to implement new prison rape regulations ten years after Congress approved the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in 2003. Prisons choosing not to implement the measures, officials said Wednesday, make themselves liable for sky-high civil judgments. "We're poised now – finally – to take action," Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary told attendees of an American Bar Association event in Washington, D.C. The act ordered the collection of data on prison rape and established the nine-member National Prison Rape Reduction Commission, which submitted policy recommendations to the DOJ in 2009. The department adopted some of the recommendations in June 2012, but the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration and other detention facilities, has not yet done so. Read More. |
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