"Sexual abuse is not an inevitable feature of incarceration. Leadership matters because corrections administrators can create a culture within facilities that promotes safety instead of one that tolerates abuse." - National Prison Rape Elimination Commission."
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Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Finally in Effect, but Will They be Effective? (2013)
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