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Human Rights Reports
Government Reports
Books
Historical Bibliography (Pre-1990)
Other Resources
Human Rights Reports
- Texas Update: Texas State Prisons Plagued by Sexual Abuse, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2008.
- It’s War in Here: A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in NY State Men’s Prisons, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, 2007.
- In Our Experience: Recommendations by Prisoner Rape Survivors to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2007.
- A Blueprint for Meeting the Needs of Girls in TYC Custody: Report and Recommendations to the Texas Youth Commission, American Civil Liberties Union , Women's Rights Project, 2007
- Texas: Tougher than Ever, but Are We Safer? American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, 2007.
- Stories from Inside: Prisoner Rape and the War on Drugs, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2007.
- Violence and Abuse in the lives of women and girls incarcerated at three Gauteng women’s prisons, Centre for the Sudy of Violence and Reconciliation (SA), 2006.
- Canada: Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, (Click here for the French Version), Stop Prisoner Rape, September 2006.
- Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls, Human Rights Watch, 2006.
- Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and the Shackling of Pregnant Women, Amnesty International, 2006.
- Confronting Confinement: A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, 2006.
- Hope for Healing: Information for Survivors of Sexual Assault in Detention, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2006.
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In The Shadows: Sexual Violence in U.S. Detention Facilities, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2006.
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Still In Danger: The Ongoing Threat of Sexual Violence against Transgender Prisoners, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2005.
- Stonewalled: Police Abuse and Misconduct against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the United States, Amnesty International, 2005.
- The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, 2005.
- No Refuge Here: A First Look At Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention, Stop Prisoner Rape, 2004.
- The Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Ohio, Stop Prisoner Rape, December 2003.
- Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness, Human Rights Watch, 2003.
- Our Children's House: Interviews With Youth on Their Experiences With Juvenile Detention, American Friends Service Committee, February 25, 2002.
- Sri Lanka: Rape in Custody,
Amnesty International, January 28, 2002.
- Innocents in Jail: INS Moves Refugee Women from Krome to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Miami, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, June 2001.
- Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and Shackling of
Pregnant Women, Amnesty International, March 6, 2001.
- The Philippines: Fear, Shame and Impunity: Rape and Sexual Abuse of Women in Custody, Amnesty International, March 2, 2001.
- Human
Rights Watch Report: No Escape, Human Rights Watch,
2001.
- Behind Locked Doors: Abuse of Refugee Women at the Krome Detention Center, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, October 2000.
- AIUSA
Rights for All - Refugees, Amnesty International,
October 1999.
- "Not Part of my Sentence:" Violations of the Human Rights of Women
in Custody, Amnesty International, 1999.
- Nowhere to Hide: Retaliation Against Women in Michigan State
Prisons, Human Rights Watch,
July 1998.
- All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, Human Rights Watch, December 1996.
- Krome's Invisible Prisoners: Cycles of Abuse and Neglect, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Inc., July 1996.
Government Reports
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006, Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007.
- Annotated Bibliography on Prison Rape / Inmate Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Justice/National Institute of Corrections, 2007.
- Staff Perspectives: Sexual Violence in Adult Prisons and Jails, Vol. 2, National Institute of Corrections, 2007.
- NIJ's Response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act, National Institute of Justice, 2006.
- Report to the Congress of the United States on the Activities of the Department of Justice in Relation to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (Public Law 108-79), National Institute of Corrections, 2006.
- Staff Perspectives: Sexual Violence in Adult Prisons and Jails, Vol. 1, National Institute of Corrections, 2006.
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2005, Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
- Deterring Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Inmates, Department of Justice/Office of the Inspector General, 2005.
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2004, Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005.
- Annual Report to Congress: Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Public Law 108-79, National Institute of Corrections, 2004.
- Data Collections for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004.
- Prison Rape: A Critical Review of the Literature, National Institute of Justice, 2004.
- Women in Prison: Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff, General Accounting Office, 1999.
Books
- Kerry Max Cook, Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit (2007).
- Sasha Abramsky, American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment (2007).
- T.J. Parsell, FISH: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison (2006).
- Alan Elsner, Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons (2004).
- Robert E. Roberts, My Soul Said to Me: An Unlikely Journey Behind the Walls of Justice (2003).
- Lori S. Robinson, I Will Survive: The African-American's Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse (2003).
- Christopher Hensley, ed., Prison Sex: Practice & Policy (2002).
- Tara Herivel et al, Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor (2002).
- Robert E. Toone, Protecting Your Health & Safety: A Litigation Guide for Inmates (2002).
- Jenny Petrack and Barbara Hedge, The Trauma of Sexual Assault: Treatment, Prevention and Practice (2002).
- Jon M. Preble and A. Nicholas Groth, Male Victims of Same-Sex Abuse (2002).
- William F. Pinar, The Gender of Racial Politics and Violence in America: Lynching, Prison Rape, and the Crisis of Masculinity (2001).
- Don Sabo, Terry Kupers, & Willie London, Prison Masculinities (2001).
- Lori B. Girshick, No Safe Haven: Stories of Women in Prison (2000).
- Terry Kupers, MD, Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It (1999).
- Christian Parenti, Lockdown: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis (1999).
- Michael Scarce, Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame (1997).
- James Gilligan, MD, Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic (1996).
- John LaValle, Everything You Need to Know When You Are the Male Survivor of Rape or Sexual Assault (1995).
- Clemens Bartollas, Stuart J. Miller, & Simon Dinitz, Staff Exploitation of Inmates: The Paradox of Institutional Control, in Victimology: A New Focus (Il. Drapkin and E. Viano eds.,1994).
- Julie A. Allison & L.S. Wrightman, Rape: The Misunderstood Crime (1993).
- Gary Thomas Long, Homosexual Relationships in a Unique Setting: The Male Prison, in Homosexual Issues in the Workplace (L. Diamant ed., 1993).
- Gillian C. Mezey & Michael B. King, eds., Male Victims of Sexual Assault (1992).
- Franklin Abbott, Men & Intimacy (1990).
- Mark C. Evans, The Needs of a Blue-Eyed Arab: Crisis Intervention with Male Sexual Assault Survivors, in The Sexually Abused Male: Prevalence, Impact, and Treatment(Mic Hunter ed.,
1990).
- Richie J. McMullen, Male Rape: Breaking the Silence on the Last Taboo (1990).
Other Resources
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