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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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WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 Departments 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

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