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Repaying Debts

Date Published
October 2007
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Publication Type
Handbook

Transcripts - The First Hearing on Sexual Violence by the Review Panel on Prison Rape

November 14, 2006 - Transcript

Welcome and Introductions

Steven McFarland, Director, Task Force for the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Justice

Carroll Ann Ellis, Director, Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department Victim Services

Ted Sexton, Sheriff, Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Sheriff's Office

Panel -1

John Dovey, Director, Division of Adult Institutions, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Wendy Still, Associate Director, Division of Adult Institutions...

Review Panel

The review panel is conducting annual hearings to collect evidence to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics in identifying common characteristics, not only of victims and perpetrators of prison rape but also of prisons and prison systems with a high incidence of prison rape and those that have successfully deterred prison rape.