Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Some information about PREA

• It was passed by Congress on September 4, 2003
• It supports the prevention, reduction and elimination of sexual violence in all US penal facilities
• There are 9 Purposes established under the Act
  • Establish a zero tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in prisons in the US
  • Make the prevention of prison rape a top priority in each prison system
  • Develop and implement national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction and punishment of prison rape
  • Increase the available data and information on the incidence of prison rape, consequently improving the management and administration of correctional facilities
  • Standardize the definitions used for collecting data on the incidence of prison rape
  • Increase the accountability of prison officials who fail to detect, prevent, reduce and punish prison rape
  • Protect the Eighth Amendment rights of Federal, State and local prisoners
  • Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal expenditures through grant programs
  • Reduce the costs that prison rape imposes on interstate commerce

Resources

 

Scott Abbott
Deputy Administrator of Prison Operations
Wyoming Department of Corrections
Phone: 307.777.3532
E-mail: SABBOT@wdoc.state.wy.us

 

NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape
http://www.wcl.american.edu/nic/index.cfm

 

2007 Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/svsfpri07.pdf

 

Stop Prisoner Rape
http://spr.org/

 

National Institute of Corrections - PREA
http://www.nicic.org/PREA