Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) : Research, PREA

Preventing Sexual Violence in Prisons Through Cultural Change

CC Pro — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:41:00 GMT

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released Strategies to Prevent Prison Rape by Changing the Correctional Culture. This document examines practices in 11 states that have shown positive results in reducing sexual violence in prisons.

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 Legislation and Current Research

CC Pro — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:48:00 GMT

The UC Irvine Center for Evidence-Based Corrections has published a report that examines the history of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and the current state of research concerning sexual assault in prison with an emphasis on the State of California.

Controversial Prison Rape Report Published

Peggy L. Ritchie — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:34:00 GMT

The long-awaited report by Mark Fleisher and Jessie Krienert, "The Culture of Prison Sexual Violence," has been posted by NCJRS. The report has been the subject of some controversy.

NIJ's Response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act

Web Services Manager — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:57:00 GMT

The National Institute of Justice has funded research in areas including the impact of sexual victimization in corrections, risk assessment and prevention, and medical and psychological effects of prison sexual victimization. As of April 2006, the agency is reviewing applications from a solicitation to explore sexual violence as it occurs within the context of other violent behavior during incarceration.

Article summarizing NIJ research on PREA.

The contact at the National Institute of Justice for research related questions is:

Andrew Goldberg, Social Science Analyst, NIJ
(202) 307-1135
andrew.goldberg@usdoj.gov.