GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEUNITED STATES OF AMERICAMEASURESRULE TO PREVENT, DETECT AND RESPOND TO PRISON RAPE
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Rule to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape
Type of Measure
Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence
Sexual violence
Year
2012
Brief Description

On 17 May 2012, the Justice Department released a final rule to prevent, detect and respond to sexual abuse in confinement facilities, in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA).

To read the rule, please click here.


Source of Information
Website of the Department of Justice
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