Keeping Young Offenders Safe From Harm

Evidence shows that young people are at the greatest risk of sexual victimization in adult jails and prisons. Last August, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), previously approved by Congress in July 2003, to address this issue. Under PREA guidelines, the housing of youth in the general adult population inside prisons is now banned.

Click here to learn more about NCCD’s direct involvement in PREA.

Evidence shows that young people are at the greatest risk of sexual victimization in adult jails and prisons. Last August, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), previously approved by Congress in July 2003, to address this issue. Under PREA guidelines, the housing of youth in the general adult population inside prisons is now banned.

Click here to learn more about NCCD’s direct involvement in PREA.

To learn more about NCCD’s Defending Childhood Task Force, click here.

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