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The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission proposed new standards on June 23 to reduce the 60,000 cases of inmate sexual assault each year, according to the Huffington Post.This seems to be clearly in reference to women prisoners, from what I have gleaned. States that don't follow the standards will run the risk of losing portions of their federal funding.
This Commission was created in 2003 by Congress under the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
Some of the measures being suggested are better staff training and increased screeing of prisoners to identify potential abuse victims, reported the examiner.com.
There are about 148,200 women in U.S. state and federal prisons, as well as in women's correctional facilities. Seventy percent of the guards in these prisons and facilities are male. Records have shown that correctional officials have raped women prisoners, have sexually assaulted them, committed sexual extortion, and groped them during body searches, according to a 2005 fact sheet which was compiled by Amnesty International. One obvious recommendation that comes to mind would be to have female correctional officials working in these facilities. I wonder why that is not happening.
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Thanks for your comments. It sounds like you have been through a lot.
June 29, 2009 - 7:54pmAnna
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YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY OF THOSE SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE MALE ON MALE. AND BEING A WOMAN CORRECTIONAL OFFICER DOES NOT GUARANTEE IMMUNITY FROM CHARGES FROM A FEMALE INMATE, THE INMATE INDIVIDUAL IS A VERY MANIPULATIVE-DEVIOUS PERSON AND WILL USE ANY ADVANTAGE. THEY HAVE ALL THE 'RIGHTS' AND KNOW IT. I'VE BEEN IN THIS 'BUSINESS' FOR 30 YEARS NOW AND WORKING IN A FEMALE PRISON IS PURE HELL. ALL THE LADIES GO 'ON THE RAG' AT THE SAME TIME, EMOTIONS OVERFLOW REGULARILY, CAT FIGHTS ARE COMMON AND VERY MESSY. AND THERE ARE'NT ENOUGH FEMALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO GO AROUND. IN THE PAST I'VE BEEN THE ONLY FEMALE C/O IN A FEDERAL MALE PRISON FOR OVER 5 YEARS.
June 29, 2009 - 7:28pmThis Comment