Religious leaders and civil rights advocates are pressing the Department of Justice to implement national standards to help prevent an estimated 60,000 cases of prison rape each year.
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Six months before she was scheduled to be released on drug charges, Marilyn Shirley was raped in 2000 by a guard at the Texas prison where she was serving time.
“I am still haunted by the words he whispered in my ear,” Shirley said Tuesday (Aug. 17). “Do you think you’re the only one?” her attacker asked her.
Religious leaders and civil rights advocates say Shirley is far from the only one and are pressing the Department of Justice to implement national standards to help prevent an estimated 60,000 cases of prison rape each year.