The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Review Panel on Prison Rape recently published the September 15-16, 2011 Hearings on Sexual Victimization.  These Hearings focused on collecting evidence from officials at five county jails, survivors of sexual abuse in detention, and experts on jail conditions. 

The five facilities included in the hearings were selected based on the findings in Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09, a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Three of the facilities were identified by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as having a very high prevalence of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, as reported through inmate surveys:

• Clallam County Corrections Facility (Clallam County, WA)
• Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center (Miami-Dade County, FL)
• South White Street Jail (Orleans Parish, LA)

Two of the facilities were identified as having a very low prevalence of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, as reported through inmate surveys:

• David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center (Tulsa County, OK)
• Hinds County Work Center (Hinds County, MS)

To access the written testimony and transcripts.

For additional information from NIC on Offender Sexual Abuse.