Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007

CC Pro — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:13:00 GMT

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has published a report on sexual victimization in local jails. The data for the 2007 National Inmate Survey (NIS) was collected from a sample of 40,419 inmates between April and December, and surveyed 282 local jails.

Highlights:

About 1.6% of inmates (12,100, nationwide) reported an incident involving another inmate, and 2.0% (15,200) reported an incident involving staff.
Inmate-on-inmate victimization occurred most often in the victim's cell (56%); staff-on-inmate victimization occurred in a closet, office, or other locked room (47%).
An estimated 5.1% of female inmates, compared to 2.9% of male inmates, said they had experienced one or more incidents of sexual victimization.

This data was collected as required by the the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L.-108-79).

Research Report on Sexual Assault in California

Eileen Conway — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:48:00 GMT

In a report submitted to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, researchers from the Center for Evidence-Based Corrections examine the extent of inmate sexual assault, demographic characteristics of victims, and characteristics of reported incidents. An executive summary is also available.

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) : Research, Inmate sexual assault

Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007

Research Report on Sexual Assault in California