Notice2022-09367
Hearings of the Review Panel on Prison Rape
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May 2, 2022
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Abstract
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel) will hold hearings in Washington, DC, on May 17-18, 2022. The hearings times and location are noted below. The purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of sexual victimization in U.S. juvenile facilities, and the common characteristics of juvenile facilities with the highest and lowest incidence of rape, respectively, based on anonymous surveys by the BJS of youth in a representative sample of juvenile facilities. In December 2019, the BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018. The report provides a listing of juvenile facilities grouped according to the prevalence of reported sexual victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which juvenile facilities would be the subject of testimony.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25673-25674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09367]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OJP (OJP) Docket No. 1799]
Hearings of the Review Panel on Prison Rape
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Justice.
ACTION: Notice of hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review
Panel on Prison Rape (Panel) will hold hearings in Washington, DC, on
May 17-18, 2022. The hearings times and location are noted below. The
purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators
of sexual victimization in U.S. juvenile facilities, and the common
characteristics of juvenile facilities with the highest and lowest
incidence of rape, respectively, based on anonymous surveys by the BJS
of youth in a representative sample of juvenile facilities. In December
2019, the BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth
in Juvenile Facilities, 2018. The report provides a listing of juvenile
facilities grouped according to the prevalence of reported sexual
victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which
juvenile facilities would be the subject of testimony.
DATES: The hearing schedule is as follows:
1. Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Kevin Scott, Deputy
Director of the Statistical Operations Division, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice; Scott Catey, Associate
Director, National PREA Resource Center; Deep Creek Youth Academy
(formerly known as Gulf Academy), Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice--facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization; St.
Anthony Juvenile Corrections Center, Idaho Department of Juvenile
Corrections--facility with a high prevalence of sexual victimization;
Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon Youth Authority--facility
with a high prevalence of sexual victimization.
2. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Garza County
Regional Juvenile Center, Texas Juvenile Justice Department--facility
with a low prevalence of sexual victimization; Jason Szanyi, Deputy
Director, Center for Children's Law and Policy, W.E. Sears Youth
Center, Missouri Division of Youth Services--facility with a low
prevalence of sexual victimization; Dr. David Roush, Senior Advisor,
National
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Juvenile Detention Association; Professor Brenda Smith, Washington
College of Law, American University.
Location: The hearings will take place at Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Main Conference Room, Third Floor, 810
Seventh Street NW, in Washington, DC. Those wishing to attend the
hearings in person are asked to preregister at <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/4954db60-b0d2-47a5-8dd7-ca02cf376149/summary">https://web.cvent.com/event/4954db60-b0d2-47a5-8dd7-ca02cf376149/summary</a>. The hearings will
also be streamed online via Microsoft WebEx. Information on accessing
the livestream will be posted on the Panel's web page (<a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reviewpanel/reviewpanel.htm">http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reviewpanel/reviewpanel.htm</a>) prior to the hearings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Swiderski, Program Analyst,
OJP, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b2104180e1b0345381c020f0e191800022b1e180f0401450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88c2e7fbedf8e0a6dbffe1ecedfafbe3e1c8fdfbece7e2a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 514-8615. [Note: This is not a
toll-free number.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel, which was established pursuant to
the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Public Law 108-79, 117 Stat.
972 (codified as amended at 34 U.S.C. 30301-30309), will hold its next
hearings to carry out the review functions specified at 34 U.S.C.
30303(b)(3)(A). Testimony from the hearings will assist the Panel in
carrying out its statutory obligations. The witness list is subject to
amendment; please refer to the Review Panel on Prison Rape's website at
<a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reviewpanel/reviewpanel.htm">http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reviewpanel/reviewpanel.htm</a> for any updates
regarding the hearing schedule. Space is limited at the hearing
location. Members of the public who wish to attend the hearings in
Washington, DC, must present government-issued photo identification
upon entrance to the building, and are requested to register at this
site:
At this time, the CDC has updated the COVID-19 Community Level for
the District of Columbia to ``MEDIUM.'' As a result, all in-person
attendees must provide proof of vaccination or show a negative COVID-19
test result from within the previous three days, as well as comply with
any and all other applicable local and Department health and safety
requirements that may exist at the time of entrance. Please refer to
the Review Panel on Prison Rape's website for updated guidance on in-
person attendance in the event the COVID-19 Community Level changes,
Requests for accommodations should be made to Joseph Swiderski,
Program Analyst, OJP, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4ae8b9781948ccab7938d808196978f8da49197808b8eca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83c9ecf0e6f3ebadd0f4eae7e6f1f0e8eac3f6f0e7ece9ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 514-8615, at
least one week before the hearings.
Michael Alston,
Director, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-09367 Filed 4-29-22; 8:45 am]
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