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Article: 4.5 Percent of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization in the Nation's State and Federal Prisons
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- December 16, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Stu Smith of the U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-307-
0784, +1-301-983-9354
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An estimated 4.5
percent of state and federal prisoners reported a sexual
victimization in a survey mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination
Act, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics announced
today. About 2.1 percent of all inmates reported an incident
involving another inmate, and 2.9 percent reported an incident
involving facility staff members. An estimated 0.5 percent of
inmates reported being sexually victimized by both another inmate
and by facility staff. In half of staff sexual contacts (1.7
percent) the inmates ...