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  • HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT IN DETENTION FACILITIES

    Michelle Brane, Womens Refugee Commission|Dec 11, 2012

    Washington, D.C., December 7, 2012—This week, the Department of Homeland Security released long-awaited draft regulations that detail the agency’s plan to satisfy the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). PREA, the first legislation that intended to create a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and assault in all confinement facilities, passed unanimously in Congress in 2003. Enactment and implementation of the regulations has been repeatedly delayed. When the Justice Department (DOJ) issued its draft regulations in Jun...