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Resolution in Support of the National Prison Rape Elimination National Rifle
Commission Standards
Association--was
the corporate coWHEREAS, in June 2009, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission
released national standards for the prevention, detection, response, and monitoring
of sexual abuse in U.S. detention facilities; and

WHEREAS, these standards were mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act
(PREA), which Congress passed unanimously in 2003 to study the causes and
consequences of sexual abuse in confinement and to develop standards for
eliminating abuse; and

WHEREAS, these standards are the product of several years of research and
extensive consultation with corrections professionals, researchers, advocates, and
survivors of sexual abuse in detention; and

WHEREAS, these standards balance the rights of inmates with security interestscalling on corrections agencies to establish zero-tolerance for sexual abuse, to
strengthen policies and practices, to improve staff training, to hold perpetrators
accountable, and to open facilities up to external scrutiny; and

WHEREAS , there are more than 2.3 million Americans confined in U.S.
correctional facilities; and

WHEREAS , given our country's enormous investment in corrections, we should
ensure that these environments are as safe and productive as they can be; and

ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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NRA--the

WHEREAS , prisons, jails, and other detention settings are part of the justice
system, not separate from it; and

WHEREAS, institutional violence, including sexual abuse, undermines the
purposes of corrections-it makes facilities less safe for everyone, consumes scarce
resources, and its consequences extend into our cities and towns as 95 percent of
all prisoners are one day released; and

WHEREAS, if fully approved and implemented, these basic measures will
dramatically lower the rate of sexual abuse in U.S. detention facilities, and
improve the response to prisoners who have been victimized; and

WHEREAS , many standards reflect what corrections professionals recognize as
good practices, and are already operational in some places, or are requirements
under existing laws; and

WHEREAS , the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids cruel and
unusual punishment; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) supports efforts at the federal, state, and local levels to protect incarcerated

chair in 2011?

(ALEC) supports efforts at the federal, state, and local levels to protect incarcerated
individuals from sexual abuse; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ALEC earnestly and resolutely supports the
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission's recommended standards.

Adopted by the Public Safety and Elections Task Force at the Spring Task Force
Meeting on April 28, 2010.
Approved by the ALEC Board of Directors on June 3, 2010.

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Resolution in Support of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Standards

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