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  • 021522

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  • Published 2006.
  • 23 pages.

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In the Shadows: Sexual Violence in U.S. Detention Facilities

Publication year: 2006 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "The aim of this report is to highlight the widespread sexual abuse of incarcerated men, women, and youth in U.S. detention facilities and to offer recommendations aimed at remedying this acute human summary; introduction; legal framework; systemic conditions giving rise to sexual assault in detention; populations vulnerable to sexual assault in detention; and in the aftermath of assault -- lack of services and redress.
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