WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested examining the ongoing issue of sexual abuse in federal prisons.
Per the GAO, there were roughly 8,500 sexual abuse allegations in federal prisons from 2014 to 2022, with the number of allegations generally increasing during that period. GAO also found that the oversight tools required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 and DOJ's National Standards to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape are insufficient to fully detect ongoing abuse. Further, inmates face significant barriers when reporting abuse.
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