Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

Jan Lastocy poses for a photo at home in Belmont, Mich., on July 2, 2014. Lastocy was imprisoned for embezzlement and then repeatedly raped by a male guard. When Congress passed a law in 2003 aimed at ending sexual assault in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers, survivors like Lastocy were hopeful it would help solve the long-ignored problem. Now, some advocates worry that a proposal to reduce the law's financial penalties will severely damage it.

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Jan Lastocy poses for a photo at home in Belmont, Mich., on July 2, 2014. Lastocy was imprisoned for embezzlement and then repeatedly raped by a male guard. When Congress passed a law in 2003 aimed at ending sexual assault in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers, survivors like Lastocy were hopeful it would help solve the long-ignored problem. Now, some advocates worry that a proposal to reduce the law's financial penalties will severely damage it.