"In 2011, before the national standards were issued, there were 8,768 allegations of sexual assault and harassment nationwide. By the end of 2015, that total had jumped to 24,661, a leap of more than 180 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, which compiles the numbers it collects from corrections departments. Still, the report shows, corrections administrators rarely decide that the alleged attacks actually happened."

The Marshall Project

July 25, 2018