Stopping sexual abuse in prisons

Lambda Legal joined National Center for Transgender Equality, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Transgender Law Center in submitting comments in support of the recommended national standards for the prevention, detection, response, and monitoring of sexual abuse developed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.

LGBT people and people living with HIV make up a significant percentage of those currently under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice, crimination justice, and immigration detention systems. Research on sexual abuse in these settings consistently documents the heightened vulnerability of LGBT people and people living with HIV to sexual victimization at the hands of facility staff and other inmates.