[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19298]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (OCR) Docket No. 1668]


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 
August 28, 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 and jails, and the common 
characteristics of U.S. prisons and jails with the highest and lowest 
incidence of sexual victimization, respectively, based on anonymous 
surveys by the BJS of inmates in representative samples of U.S. prisons 
and jails. 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. These hearings will supplement the record that the Panel 
developed during its January 8, 2014, hearings on sexual victimization 
in certain U.S. prisons and jails.

DATES: The hearing schedule is as follows:
    1. Thursday, August 28, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.: Mabel 
Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections--
facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; Jackie Brannon 
Correctional Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections--facility with 
a low prevalence of sexual victimization; Richard L. Smothermon, 
District Attorney, 23rd Judicial District of Oklahoma; and Viktoria 
Kristiansson, Attorney Advisor, AEquitas: The Prosecutors' Resource on 
Violence Against Women.
    2. Thursday, August 28, 2014, 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Cameron 
County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center, Cameron County, Tex., 
Sheriff's Office--facility with a low incidence 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 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 108-79, 117 Stat. 
972 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 15601-15609 (2012)), will hold 
its next hearings to carry out the review functions specified at 42 
U.S.C. 15603(b)(3)(A). Testimony from these supplemental 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 hearings schedule. Space 
is limited at the hearings 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.
[FR Doc. 2014-19298 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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