Such allegations are spiking and the Justice Department is failing to implement key reforms meant to institute a zero-tolerance policy toward prison rape, GAO finds.

Ten years ago this week, Congress unanimously approved the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to end sexual violence behind bars. The law arrived too late for Rodney Hulin, whose mother, Linda ...

Editor’s note: Reggie B. Walton is a senior judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He was chair of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, tasked with identifying ways ...

New York State’s Bedford Hills Correctional facility, Illinois’ Pontiac Correctional Center and Albion Correctional Facility in New York State are the three U.S. prisons with the highest reported ...