1. Prison Rape Using a human rights and social work framework
Alex Krafchek

2. RAINN
MISSION:The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at HOPE and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline at rainn.org, and publicizes the hotlines’ free, confidential services; educates the public about sexual violence; and leads national efforts to prevent sexual violence, improve services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice

3. RESEARCH Just Detention International Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International UN
Social Work Abstracts

4. PRISON VS. GENERAL PUBLIC
Youth: 12%
Adults: 4.4% of prison inmates and 3.1% of jail inmates
Power and Inmate Hierarchy
Targets for future abuse
Vulnerable groups
Lack of counseling available
Fear of retaliation (“snitching”)
HIV & STDs/Public health concerns
Slavery

5. PUBLIC OPINION

6. LAWS
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1992
The Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in 2003
Optional Protocol to CAT

7. SOCIAL WORK ABROAD VS. US
Application in its infancy
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)

8. SOCIAL JUSTICE VS. HUMAN RIGHTS
Libertarian, utilitarian, egalitarian theory
Encyclopedia of Social Work lists three parts to social justice, including: legal, commutative and distributive justice

9. NEEDS VS. RIGHTS
DEF: “The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty…”
Rights focus brings accountability, entitlements, obligations

10. MACRO VS. MICRO PRACTICE
Push for licensure
Professionalization of the field
Private practice
Reimbursement from insurance

11. UNIVERSALISM VS. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
Cultural competency standards
Value cultural diversity
Work with diverse populations

12. REFRAME/REFOCUS ISSUE
Blaming the victim
Blaming the individual perpetrator
Back to macro focus

13. FUTURE RESEARCH Education Steps to connect the two fields
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