[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 27000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11369]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (OJP) Docket No. 1519]


Hearings 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 hearings in Washington, DC on 
June 3-4, 2010. The hearing times and location are noted below. The 
purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
(BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators 
of sexual victimization in juvenile facilities, and the common 
characteristics of juvenile facilities with the highest and lowest 
incidence of rape, respectively, based on an anonymous survey by the 
BJS of youth in a representative sample of juvenile facilities. On 
January 7, 2010, the BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in 
Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09. The report provides a 
listing of juvenile facilities grouped according to the prevalence of 
reported sexual victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's 
decision about which facilities would be the subject of testimony.

DATES: The hearing schedule is as follows:
    1. Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.: Bureau of Justice 
Statistics; Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, Campus--facility with a low 
prevalence of sexual victimization; Rhode Island Training School--
facility with a low prevalence of sexual victimization; and Pendleton, 
Indiana, Juvenile Correctional Facility--facility with a high 
prevalence of sexual victimization.
    2. Friday, June 4, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Woodland Hills, 
Tennessee, Youth Development Center--facility with a high prevalence of 
sexual victimization; and Corsicana, Texas, Residential Treatment 
Facility--facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization.

ADDRESSES: The hearings will take place at the Office of Justice 
Programs Building, Main Conference Room, Third Floor, U.S. Department 
of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

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 hearings to carry out the review functions specified at 42 
U.S.C. 15603(b)(3)(A). Testimony from the hearings will assist the 
Panel in carrying out its statutory obligations. The witness list is 
subject to amendment; please refer to the Review Panel on Prison Rape 
Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reviewpanel/reviewpanel.htm for 
any updates regarding the hearing schedule. Space is limited at the 
hearing location. Special needs requests should be made to Christopher 
Zubowicz, Designated Federal Official, OJP, 
[email protected] or (202) 307-0690, at least one week 
before the hearings.

Michael Alston,
Office of Justice Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-11369 Filed 5-12-10; 8:45 am]
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