Ending prison rape is a cause that brought together an unlikely group of organizations which are usually doing combat with each other. Leaders of groups from the left and right gathered to call attention to their letter which presses Attorney General Holder to speed up the process for adopting standards that will hold prison officials accountable for combating rape in prisons.
At a press conference at the National Press Club, prominent leaders of the ACLU, Focus on the Family, George Soros’ Open Society Policy Center, the American Conservative Union, NAACP, the Southern Baptist Convention, Human Rights Watch, the Sentencing Project and the United Methodists set aside their significant differences because they are so concerned that men, women and juveniles are being raped daily in our American prisons.