The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Past, present and future.
The article focuses on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a federal law enacted in 2003 to systematically address sexual victimization in U.S. correctional facilities. PREA established standardized protocols, mandated data collection, and prevention measures, transforming corrections culture to...
| Publicado en: | Corrections Today Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 24 - 28 |
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American Correctional Association
Summer2026
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