Prison
Rape Elimination Act of 2003.
On September 4, 2003, in a White House ceremony, the Honorable
George W. Bush President of the United States signed The
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 ( PDF | Text ) codifying
Federal Public Law #108-79.
#108-79: Unanimous Support
Earlier, on July 21, 2003, The Prison Rape Elimination Act,
S.1435, passed the Senate by unanimous consent just minutes
after being introduced by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). An identical House
Bill, H.R. 1765 , after passing the House Judiciary Committee
with 35 bipartisan co-sponsors, and was then introduced by
Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Representative Robert
C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA). A third identical H.R. 1707 also
passed under unanimous consent July 23, 2003.
#108-79: Federal Funding
FY 2004 Protecting Inmates and Safeguarding Communities Discretionary Grant Program ( PDF )
#108-79: Purpose The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 directly relates
to the safety of all staff and inmates thus necessitating
the total elimination of environments of opportunity (blind-spots).
#108-79: The Need
Findings of Congress, as enumerated in Public Law #108-79
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 , reveal a significant
portion of all incarceration releasees are infected, while
incarcerated, with the sexually transmitted diseases
HIV; AIDS; Gonorrhea; Syphilis; Chlamydia; Genital Herpes; Hepatitis B & C; Tuberculosis;
and are brutalized and traumatized by prison rape past the
point of psychological no return. Subsequently, with Post
Traumatic Stress added to the usual stigma of incarceration,
releasees are irresponsibly discharged within society with
all the health; mental; and social services they now require.
Recognizing this burden on society does not require looking
any further than recalling that each year there are more
than 600,000 releasees from incarceration in the United States.
Infected releasees inexorably add to total taxpayer costs,
which are well beyond the amount spent on the criminal justice
system or on construction of new facilities and maintenance
of inmates.
What we have learned as a result of studying The Prison
Rape Elimination Act of 2003 makes one part of the worsening
economic condition of many Cities; Counties; all 50 States
and Tribal Reservations absolutely understandable.
#108-79: Impact
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 states that all
incarceration monitoring Agencies will be given an opportunity
to adopt the new Federal Standards or be denied certain future
federal funds. If what is written in “ NO
ESCAPE: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons ” about coming lawsuits
showing deliberate
indifference to prisoner rape — is believed — then
we have every right to also project and believe that in two
short years certain Agencies could be selected as one of
the three worst offending Agencies and subpoenaed to Washington
to “prove, on a zero tolerance basis , that
they are not the worst offender” and could suffer the indignity
of losing a portion of certain federal funds to the other
Agencies who were judged “least offending”
It is believed, the new Federal Public Law #108-79 is the most
cataclysmic and revolutionary force on incarceration policy
and facility design at any agency level in two hundred years.
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