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Recent News:
The Panel held hearings on May 17th and 18th, 2022. The Panel left the record open through May 25th, 2022. Hearing transcripts and written testimony received during the open record period will be posted on Review Panel | Transcripts and Testimony | Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov) shortly.
In accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, (codified, as amended, at 34 U.S.C. §§ 30301-30309), the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, appointed the members of the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel). Panel Members are:
- Doug Dretke, the Executive Director of the Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT)
- Wendy Leach, Senior Consultant with The Moss Group, Inc. and former prosecutor
- Peter Perroncello a corrections consultant and previously a jail administrator