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Greetings from the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.
On behalf of the Commission, I write to notify you of the conclusion of our formal tenure, and to thank you for your interest in this important endeavor of which we have been a part. On June 23, 2009, the Commission presented its final Report and proposed Standards to the President, Congress, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and other federal and state officials. As directed by the Prison Rape Elimination Act that established the Commission, this body will formally sunset on Saturday, August 22, 2009, sixty days after the delivery of our report.
Over the past five years, my fellow Commissioners and I have had the pleasure of working closely with leading experts, law enforcement officials, academics, corrections administrators and staff, advocates, and the survivors of prison rape and their families to develop standards that we believe are a critical next step towards making facilities safer for both the inmates who live there and the staff who work there. It has been a privilege to learn from the experiences and expertise of so many, and we have been inspired by those who are determined to eliminate sexual assault in corrections and detention facilities in the United States. While the work of the Commission has come to an end, we look forward to the promulgation of final standards by the Attorney General and Department of Justice.
Although the Commission will no longer be staffed, our work product will continue to be available to the public. To view the Commission's report and standards, please visit our website at www.nprec.us. To request a hardcopy of any of our publications, please visit the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at www.ncjrs.gov and enter the publication title or the NCJ# into the A/Z Publications/Products Search:
• Executive Summary (NCJ# 226681)
• Report (NCJ# 226680)
• Standards: Adult Prisons and Jails with Immigration Supplement (NCJ# 226682)
• Standards: Lockups (NCJ# 226685)
• Standards: Community Corrections (NCJ# 226683)
• Standards: Juvenile Facilities (NCJ# 226684)
Again, we appreciate your interest in the Commission and its work. Most of all, to those of you who have contributed and who continue to work to eliminate sexual violence in our nation's detention facilities, we offer our sincerest thanks. The Commissioners urge you to continue your efforts to ensure that our mutual goal is achieved, and look forward to working with you in doing so.
The Honorable Reggie B. Walton, Chair
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