Prisoners Reporting Sexual Victimization by Incident Type & Gender 2023-24

In prisons in 2023–24, a larger portion of female inmates (5.7%) than male inmates (4.0%) reported any sexual victimization. No statistically significant difference was found in the percentage of male (2.2%) and female inmates (2.3%) who reported being victimized by facility staff. For both male and female inmates, the majority of reported staff on-inmate sexual victimization involved sexual acts.

Note: Details may not sum to totals due to rounding and because inmates could report multiple types of victimization. See appendix table 4 for standard errors.
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