www.prearesourcecenter.org/sites/defaul... #PREA #PrisonRape statistics.

www.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul... In 2003, the #UnitedStates. Congress passed the #PrisonRape Elimination Act ( #PREA ) in order to address the issues of sexual violence in correctional settings.

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Trump plans more #prisonRape for #trans people.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for #trans and #intersex people in the USA's federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities.

A memo dated Dec. 2 takes aim at existing standards of the […]

DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.

Internal memo halts oversight of #prisonrape protections for #trans inmates

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Presidential Memorandum -- Implementing the Prison Rape E... May 17, 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPART...

"Sexual violence, against any victim, is an assault on human dignity & an affront to American values" www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05... #prisonrape