Sexual assault makes correctional environments more dangerous for staff as well as prisoners, consumes scarce resources, and undermines rehabilitation. correctional facilities or supervised in the community, and approximately 95% returned to the communities after serving their sentences, this is an issue society cannot afford to ignore. With more than 7 million Americans confined in U.S. The reality is that sexual abuse in detention is a widespread, systemic problem. Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes in the U.S., with an estimated 65% unreported. PCAR’s original document and other resources are available at. A special thank you to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR) for allowing MCASA to utilize PCAR’s advocacy document entitled Understanding Rape in Prison (by Hallie Martyniuk, 2013) to provide a Prison Rape Elimination Act resource for Maryland rape crisis centers.
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