[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77495-77496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30423]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (OCR) Docket No. 1642]


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 
January 8-9, 2014. 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. prisons, jails, and juvenile 
facilities, and the common characteristics of U.S. prisons, jails, and 
juvenile facilities with the highest and lowest incidence of rape, 
respectively, based on anonymous surveys by the BJS of inmates and 
youth in representative samples of U.S. prisons, jails, and juvenile 
facilities. In May 2013, the BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization 
in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12. The report provides 
a listing of prisons and jails grouped according to the prevalence of 
reported sexual victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's 
decision about which prison and jail facilities would be the subject of 
testimony. In June 2013, the BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization 
in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012. 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 juvenile facilities would be the subject of 
testimony.

DATES: The hearing schedule is as follows:
    1. Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Bureau of 
Justice Statistics; Robert W. Dumond, LCMHC, CCMHC, Diplomate CFC, 
Senior Program Director, Just Detention International; Joyce Lukima, 
Vice President of Services, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape; 
Montana State Prison, Montana Department of Corrections--facility with 
a high prevalence of sexual victimization; Mabel Bassett Correctional 
Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections--facility with a high 
prevalence of sexual victimization; Santa Rosa Correctional 
Institution, Florida Department of Corrections--facility with a high 
prevalence of sexual victimization; Lawtey Correctional Institution, 
Florida Department of Corrections--facility with a low prevalence of 
sexual victimization; and Jackie Brannon Correctional Center, Oklahoma 
Department of Corrections--facility with a low prevalence of sexual 
victimization.
    2. Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Est[eacute]ban 
Gonzalez, President, American Jail Association; Giovanna E. Shay, 
Professor of Law, Western New England University School of Law; 
Philadelphia City Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Prison System--facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; 
Harris County Jail--1200 Baker Street Jail, Harris County, Tex., 
Sheriff's Office--facility with a high prevalence of sexual 
victimization; Baltimore City Detention Center, Maryland Department of 
Public Safety and Correctional Services--facility with a high 
prevalence of sexual victimization; Jefferson County Jail, Jefferson 
County, Colo., Sheriff's Office--facility with a low prevalence of 
sexual victimization; and Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention 
Center, Cameron County, Tex., Sheriff's Office--facility with a low 
prevalence of sexual victimization.

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    3. Thursday, January 9, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Dr. Mary L. 
Livers, Deputy Secretary, Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice and 
President Elect, American Correctional Association; Brenda V. Smith, 
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; Kim 
Shayo Buchanan, Associate Professor of Law and Gender Studies, USC 
Gould School of Law; Paulding Regional Youth Detention Center and 
Eastman Youth Development Campus, Georgia Department of Juvenile 
Justice--facilities with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; 
Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility, Ohio Department of Youth 
Services--facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; 
Owensboro Treatment Center, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice--
facility with a low prevalence of sexual victimization; Grand Mesa 
Youth Services Center, Colorado Division of Youth Corrections--facility 
with a low prevalence of sexual victimization; Joshua C. Delaney, 
Senior Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice; and Jenni Trovillion, Co-Director, National PREA Resource 
Center.

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 P. 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 No. 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's 
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. Members of the public who wish to attend the hearings 
in Washington, DC, must present government-issued photo identification 
upon entrance to the Office of Justice Programs. Special needs requests 
should be made to Christopher P. Zubowicz, Designated Federal Official, 
OJP, [email protected] or (202) 307-0690, at least one 
week before the hearings.

Michael Alston,
Director, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs.
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