Any Texas Jail Detainee Could Become a Victim of Sexual Assault-Pt.6
The Commission for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) will conduct comprehensive studies on the impacts of jail rape. These legal and factual studies will cover different matters that are defined, and they include:
- Existing local, Federal, and state practices and policies will be reviewed with respect to how to prevent, detect, and punish jail rape.
- The relationship between jail conditions and sexual assaults will be assessed.
- The social or pathological causes of jail rape will be assessed.
- Inmate characteristics suggesting that a person is most likely to commit jail rape and the effectiveness of programs and treatments to reduce such likelihood will be assessed.
- Inmate characteristics suggesting that a person is most likely to be a victim of jail rape and the effectiveness of treatments and programs to reduce such likelihood will be assessed.
- The impacts of jail rape on the victim, the family, the economy, and social institutions will be assessed, including the extent to which the occurrence of jail rape contributes to the increased incidence of sexual assault and recidivism.
- The feasibility and cost of conducting undercover activities, surveillance, or both to reduce occurrences of jail rape will be assessed.
- The general relationship between jail violence and jail rape will be assessed.
- The relationship between jail rape and levels of supervision, training, and discipline of jail staff will be assessed.
Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of this six-part series.
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