Explain how the national prison rape elimination standards might end widespread prison rape in the United States

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The standards require facilities to do the following:
• Develop and implement plans to provide adequate staffing levels to protect inmates against abuse.
• Train employees to prevent sexual abuse.
• Thoroughly investigate all reports of sexual misconduct by inmates to staff.
• Create multiple avenues for inmates to privately report sexual abuse.
• Screen inmates for prior sexual victimization or abuse.
• Prohibit cross-gender pat searches.
• In adult facilities, separate inmates under 18 from adult inmates.
• Offer ongoing medical and mental health evaluation and treatment, as well as access to outside rape counseling for inmates who have been victimized.
• Publish sexual abuse statics annually for each facility, and audit each facility at least once every three years.