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Groups from both left and right stood united on Capitol Hill over the rampant rate of rape in prison. Regardless of political persuasion, all agree the statistics are shocking, reports CBN.com.
The event was held to publicize the failure by the Department of Justice to implement standards proposed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission that would bring the egregious practice to a halt in U.S. jails, prisons and lockups. The standards were delivered to the DOJ June 23, 2009, and by law should have been implemented within one year.
During the news conference, rape victim Marilyn Shirley told her emotional story about being raped by a guard and living in fear that he might repeat it. Today, Shirley is an outspoken advocate for ending prison rape.
Also joining Pat Nolan, vice president of Prison Fellowship, to deliver this message were Lovisa Stannow, Just Detention International; Barrett Duke, Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission; Tim Goeglein, Focus on the Family; Gene Guerrero, Open Society Policy Center (OSPC); David Keene (ACU), American Conservative Union; Bill Mefford; United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society; Margaret Winter and Amy Fettig, American Civil Liberties Union.
To view CBN's video, click here.
To find out more about how you can fight prison rape, visit Justice Fellowship’s End Prison Rape Now! Web page. |
