From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
In 2003, Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act to stop sexual assaults in prisons, jails and halfway houses. But the crimes didn’t stop and may have even gotten worse. On Thursday, the Obama administration added teeth to the law by ordering federal, state and local officials to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape or suffer sanctions that affect the institution’s bottom line. The Justice Department also issued new regulations designed to reduce the number of victims.
