Article: 4.5 Percent of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization in the Nation's State and Federal Prisons

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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 ...

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