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“We write to strongly urge your support for the Sessions-Kennedy-Wolf-Scott Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003, H.R. 1707. Those of us who have signed this letter have many disagreements on public policy matters, including a variety of issues relating to criminal law and punishment. But we are united in our unyielding determination to end the scourge of prison rape and to enact the Sessions-Kennedy-Wolf-Scott bill. Of the 2 million prisoners in the U.S., a conservative estimate is that one in 10 has been raped--more than 200,000 inmates! Further conservative research indicates that inmates who are sexually assaulted are also victimized, on average, nine additional times during their incarceration. In addition, incarcerated youths are more likely to be raped than are adult inmates and, when they are, more likely to be acutely victimized and shattered. The Sessions-Kennedy-Wolf-Scott bill is a moderate and necessary response to this crisis.”