Attorney General its final report and proposed standards to prevent, detect, respond to and monitor sexual abuse of incarcerated and detained individuals. On June 23, 2009, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission released and forwarded to the U.S.
It addresses both inmate-on-inmate sexual abuse and staff sexual misconduct. The Act applies to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders and is also relevant to community-based agencies.
The National Institute of Corrections has been a leader in this topic area since 2004, providing assistance to many agencies through information and training resources. 108-79) was enacted by Congress to address the problem of sexual abuse of persons in the custody of U.S. The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA, P.L.