[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 56481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23296]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (OCR) Docket No. 1567]


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 
September 15-16, 2011. 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 U.S. jails, and the common 
characteristics of jails with the highest and lowest incidence of rape, 
respectively, based on an anonymous survey by the BJS of inmates in a 
representative sample of U.S. jails. On August 26, 2010, the BJS issued 
the report Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by 
Inmates, 2008-09. The report provides a listing of jails 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 following facilities and individuals have been invited to 
testify:
    1. Thursday, September 15, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Bureau of 
Justice Statistics; Cynthia Totten, Wesley Ware, Elizabeth Cumming--
advocates; Jennifer Sumner--UC Irvine; Orleans Parish (LA) Prison--
facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; Clallam County 
(WA) Corrections Facility--facility with a high prevalence of sexual 
victimization; Miami-Dade (FL) Pre-Trial Detention Center--facility 
with a high prevalence of sexual victimization.
    2. Friday, September 16, 2011, 8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m.: American Jail 
Association; Arthur Wallenstein--Montgomery County (MD) Department of 
Correction and Rehabilitation; Russell Robinson--UC Berkeley Boalt Hall 
Law School; David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center (Tulsa, OK)--facility 
with a low prevalence of sexual victimization; Hinds County (MS) Work 
Center--facility with a low 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: Joseph Swiderski, Designated Federal 
Official for the Panel, at [email protected] or (202) 514-
8615. [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. Sec.  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/reivewpanel.htm for any 
updates regarding the hearing schedule. Space is limited at the hearing 
location. Members of the public who wish to attend the hearing in 
Washington, DC must present government-issued photo identification upon 
entrance to OJP. Special needs requests should be made to Joseph 
Swiderski, Designated Federal Official for the Panel, at 
[email protected] or (202) 514-8615 [Note: This is not a toll-
free number], at least one week before the hearings.

Michael Alston,
Office of Justice Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-23296 Filed 9-12-11; 8:45 am]
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