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“Safe Prisons/PREA Program” is the TDCJ program established to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse, sexual harassment, extortion, and acts of violence perpetrated against an offender.
1 Οκτ 2021 · Fueled by the 1995 suicide of her son, 17-year-old Rodney Hulin, Jr., Linda Bruntmyer became one of the main advocates for Congress to pass the landmark Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Rodney was sent to the notorious Clemens Unit in Texas for the crime of setting fire to a dumpster.
The purpose of the act was to “provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations and funding to protect individuals from prison rape.” (Prison Rape Elimination Act, 2003).
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is a federal law, Public Law 108-79, signed into law in September 2003 by the President of the United States and now designated as 42 USC 15601. PREA establishes a zero-tolerance standard against sexual abuse of incarcerated persons of any age.
8 Νοε 2017 · The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), passed unanimously by Congress in 2003, was a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation, and its passage signaled that public officials could no longer ignore the problem of sexual abuse in our nation’s penal system.
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed PREA into law (Public Law 108-79) to address the issue of sexual violence in prisons. Two key components of the act were the appointments of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) and the Review Panel on Prison Rape.
The TDCJ video “Safe Prisons/PREA in Texas” re-enforces the agency’s zero tolerance policy against sexual abuse and sexual harassment and illustrates the agency’s support of the Safe Prisons/PREA Program initiatives.
