Obama Prison Rape Standards Not “Outcome Based”

I’m getting into the new prison rape regulations filed about a year late by the Obama Justice Department and found the first loophole.

It’s a big one.

I’ll quote the part that certainly was not written by people who want to minimize rape in prison:

Some may see the light at the end of the tunnel in this paragraph. Others may see a hole big enough to drive two Mack Trucks through.

“Notably, the standards are generally not outcome-based [emphasis added], but rather focus on policies and procedures.

“While performance-based standards generally give regulated parties the flexibility to achieve regulatory objectives in the most cost-effective way, it is difficult to employ such standards effectively to combat sexual abuse in confinement facilities, where significant barriers exist to the reporting and investigating of such incidents.

“An increase in incidents reported to facility administrators might reflect increased abuse, or it might just reflect inmates’ increased willingness to report abuse, due to the facility’s success at assuring inmates that reporting will yield positive outcomes and not result in retaliation.

“Likewise, an increase in substantiated incidents could mean either that a facility is failing to protect inmates, or else simply that it has improved its effectiveness at investigating allegations.

“For these reasons, the standards generally aim to inculcate policies and procedures that will reduce and ameliorate bad outcomes, recognizing that one possible consequence of improved performance is that evidence of more incidents will come to light.”


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Obama Prison Rape Standards Not “Outcome Based” — 2 Comments

  1. I am hoping that our Attorney General, Eric Holder, will be able to provide a report on the effectiveness of the new regulations – from a personal perspective as he serves time for his role in the Murdergate Coverup and perjury before the House.

  2. Let’s use convicted Catholic Priests as moles in a sting operation.

    Anyways here’s an official press release on the matter.

    The United States Department of Justice.

    Justice Department Releases Final Rule to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape.

    Landmark Regulation Contains New Standards to Combat Sexual Abuse in Confinement Facilities.

    Thursday, May 17, 2012
    http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/May/12-ag-635.html

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