Prison Rape Elimination Act ~ In Jeopardy

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Prison Rape Elimination Act ~ In Jeopardy

Oct 3, 2013 | JeanT

Why are lawmakers considering restrictions to the federal law designed to help prevent prison rape? Associated Press

Long-ignored Problem: Prison Rape “While I was in an Arkansas state prison, I was raped by at least 27 different inmates over a nine-month period,” said Bryson Martel Spruce, a bisexual former inmate. “I don’t have to tell you that it was the worst nine months of my life.”

Spruce contracted HIV as a result of the attacks. “Standards are needed to protect people like me,” he said before he died in 2010.

(Arkansas is not one of the states noted to be in full compliance)

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Prison Rape Elimination Act ~ In Jeopardy