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Article: 3.2 Percent Of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization In Local Jails.
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- June 25, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2008-US Department of Justice: 3.2 Percent Of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization In Local Jails(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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WASHINGTON -- An estimated 3.2 percent of jail inmates (24,700) reported one or more incidents of sexual victimization in a survey mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. About 1.6 percent of all inmates (12,100) reported an incident involving another inmate, 2.0 percent (15,200) reported an incident involving jail staff, and 0.4 percent reported being victimized by both other inmates and staff.
The survey limited reporting ...
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