Below is Governor Jan Brewer's letter to the US Attorney General, Eric Holder, explaining why she doesn't think Arizona should comply with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). I posted my own letter to Holder to the DAILY KOS today...
Community resource for those monitoring abuses of prisoners across the criminal justice system, and for those subject to or surviving state violence, neglect and abuse.
For Kini Seawright, and all the other women who bury a loved one due to police or prison violence...
Monday, June 9, 2014
Jan Brewer to AG Holder on PREA: Whitewash of prison rape.
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arizona department of corrections,
attorney general,
charles ryan,
eric holder,
jan brewer,
LGBT prisoners,
PREA,
prison rape,
prison rape elimination act,
us department of justice