[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 213 (Monday, November 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65404-65405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26064]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (OJP) Docket No. 1491]


Hearing of the Review Panel on Prison Rape

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review 
Panel on Prison Rape (Panel) will hold a hearing in Culpeper, Virginia 
on November 14, 2008. The hearing time and location are noted below.The 
purpose of the hearing is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
(BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators 
of rape in county jails, and the characteristics of U.S. jails with the 
highest and lowest incidence of rape, based on an anonymous survey by 
BJS of inmates in a representative sample of jails. On June 25, 2008, 
BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by 
Inmates, 2007. The report provides a listing of local jails grouped 
according to the prevalence of reported sexual victimization, and it 
formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which facilities would 
be the subject of testimony.

DATES: Friday, November 14, 2008, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Culpeper 
County, Virginia Jail--facility with a low prevalence of reported 
sexual victimization).

ADDRESSES: The hearing will take place at the County Administration 
Building, 302 North Main Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Zubowicz, Designated 
Federal Official, OJP, [email protected], (202) 307-0690. 
(Note: This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel, which was established pursuant to 
the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Public Law 108-79, 117 Stat. 
972 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 15601-15609 (2006)), will hold 
its next hearing to carry out the review functions specified at 42 
U.S.C. 15603(b)(3)(A). Testimony from the hearing will assist the Panel 
in carrying out its statutory obligations and in identifying best 
practices for deterring rape in county jails. Space is limited at the 
hearing location. Special needs requests should be made to Christopher 
Zubowicz, Designated Federal Official, OJP, 
[email protected] or

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(202) 307-0690, at least one week before the hearing.

Michael Alston,
Office of Justice Programs.
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