Although prisoner rape is violative of international, U.S., and state laws, the historic response to prisoner rape has been inadequate and indifferent. According to Jenness and Smythe, it was the specific intent of the PREA to address these issues. Continue Reading...
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
Supreme Court has held that deliberate indifference to the substantial risk of sexual assault violates inmates' rights under the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution. In re Continue Reading...
ACA Web site www.aca.org.
Standards and accreditation: ACA
Facts:
As part of its standards and accreditation principles, the American Correctional Association has worked to better enforce the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). "With the release Continue Reading...
Correcting Corrections
Program for training correctional officers
The rehabilitative nature of incarceration depends to a great extent on the environment that an inmate experiences. If an incoming prisoner enters a world filled with corruption, dru Continue Reading...