Federal Commission Unveils Landmark Proposal to Stop Sexual Abuse in U.S. Correctional Facilities

U.S. Newswire, June, 2009

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Mark Glaze, 1-202-271-0982, mglaze@rabengroup.com, for the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission

Citing Urgent Need for Reform, Bipartisan Panel Sends U.S. Attorney General "Zero-Tolerance" Standards for Federal, State and Local Institutions

WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Calling sexual abuse of people in government custody "totally incompatible with American values," a bipartisan federal commission today issued a landmark report on sexual abuse in U.S. correctional and detention facilities and proposed the first comprehensive blueprint to prevent abuse.

Congress created the panel, called the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, when it passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003. The law...

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