A Trump administration official confirmed Thursday that states failing to comply with federal orders to house inmates based ...

A federal judge agreed last week that an incarcerated man's claims could proceed against two state corrections employees, ...

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Schwertner said he filed a federal rape complaint known as a PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) in June of 2023, WOIO-19 reported. He said that as an inmate he could not have consented to sex.

Tennessee prisons have seen some improvements in correctional officer vacancy rates over the past year, as well better policy and training under the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Those are some of the ...

In July, the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 was passed unanimously by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. On September 4, 2003, President Bush signed the bill into law.