The Prison Rape Elimination Act of
2003 (PREA) 42 U.S.C. § 15601 et seq was passed by Congress to
address the concerns related to incidents of sexual abuse, assault,
and rape of prisoners in Federal, State, and local prisons, as well
as the lack of data available about such incidents. PREA requires
that the Department of Justice (DOJ) develop and implement national
standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment
of prison rape and to increase the available data and information
on the incidence of prison rape.
US Code:
42
USC 15601 Name of Law: Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
DHS estimates an annual
increase of 1,113 responses (from 1,385,064 to 1,386,177) and a
corresponding increase of 761 burden hours (from 119,321 to
120,082). The changes reflected in this ICR are attributed to DHS
using more up-to-date response data from fiscal years 2017-2019 to
revise the estimate of the average annual responses.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.