Victimization in prisons
Social Support, Victimization, and Stress in a Women’s Prison: The Role of in-Prison Friendship for Reducing Perceptions of Stress
Poly-Victimization Risk in Prison: The Influence of Individual and Institutional Factors
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2021
Using General Strain Theory To Explore the Effects of Prison Victimization Experiences on Later Offending and Substance Use
Violent and Victimized in the Male Prison
Pathways to Prison: Impact of Victimization in the Lives of Incarcerated Women (Article)
Early Childhood Victimization Among Incarcerated Adult Male Felons
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2020
Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails
Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Review Panel on Prison Rape
Prison Rape Elimination Act
Publications
- Data Collections for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
- Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
- Keeping Vulnerable Populations Safe Under PREA: Alternative Strategies to the Use of Segregation in Prisons and Jails
- Making PREA and Victim Services Accessible for Incarcerated People With Disabilities: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners on the Adult and Juvenile Standards
- PREA Data Collection Activities (Annual Report)...
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.
Civil Rights
The Office for Civil Rights at the Office of Justice Programs ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP, as well as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Office on Violence Against Women, comply with federal laws that prohibit discrimination in employment and the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, and disability. See Civil Rights Requirements for more information.
Recipients of financial assistance from OVW are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information, see Nondiscrimination Grant Condition in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
Employees, beneficiaries and applicants for employment or services of any of the above who believe that they have experienced unlawful discrimination may file a complaint.
The Investigative Findings page captures information for a selection of OCR investigations.
Contacts
Director: Michael Alston
OCR Main Line: 202-307-0690
Fax: 202-354-4380
TDD/TTY: 202-307-2027
OCR E-mail: [email protected]
Resources
Other federal civil rights agencies: