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18 UCLA Women's L.J. 107 (2010-2012)
Role of Misogyny and Homophobia in Prison Sexual Abuse

handle is hein.journals/uclawo18 and id is 109 raw text is: THE ROLE OF MISOGYNY AND HOMOPHOBIA IN PRISON SEXUAL ABUSE Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P.* I. MISOGYNY IN PRISON CULTURE .................. 108 A. Misogyny in Women's Facilities .............. 109 B. An Equivalent Culture of Misogyny in Men's Prisons.... ........................... 112 II. ADDING HOMOPHOBIA TO THE MIX ............... 113 III. STAFF SHARE THE SAME PRISON CULTURE WITH PRISONERS .................................... 116 IV. THE EXTENT OF MISOGYNY AND HOMOPHOBIA IN PRISON CULTURE ............................... 120 V. NPREC, PRISON CULTURE AND ZERO TOLERANCE................................... 124 The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) recently published standards for the prevention and response to prison rape and other forms of sexual abuse. Man- dated by the 2003 federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA),' the standards are the culmination of six years of hearings and deliberations by the NPREC. The first chapter of the standards for adult jails and prisons, Prevention and Re- sponse Planning, begins: The agency has a written policy mandating zero tolerance to- ward all forms of sexual abuse and enforces that policy by en- suring all of its facilities comply with the PREA standards .... Eliminating sexual abuse in confinement requires first and foremost a commitment to safety as a core mandate of con- * Institute Professor, The Wright Institute. Mailing address: 8 Wildwood Ave- nue, Oakland, California 94610. Email: kupers@igc.org. The author is grateful to Deborah LaBelle for her understanding of the importance of prison culture as back- drop to sexual abuse. 1. Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-79, 17 Stat. 972 (2003). 107

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