Commentary: Why Texas is still the ‘prison rape capital of the world’

Fifteen years ago, President George Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act to address the epidemic of prison rape in our country’s prisons and jails. The same year PREA passed, Passion Star was 19 years old and identified as LGBT.

Authors
Rose Luna
Type
News
Standards
None
State
Texas
Facility
Prisons and Jails
Terms
LGBTI
Staff sexual misconduct
Implementation