How to Avoid Rape in Prison - Women's

In 2015, New York State prisons began showing this state-made orientation video offering advice on how to identify, and avoid, sexual predators behind bars. This version meant for incarcerated women emphasizes the social stressors inside prison.

The Marshall Project obtained exclusive access to the state-made videos, which were funded through a grant from the federal government under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The videos were directed by T.J. Parsell, who shares how he was raped in prison, and feature other people imprisoned across New York. Incarcerated people workshopped the videos' content and are referred to as the experts.

To learn more about these videos from New York State prisons, read our 2015 reporting:
• themarshallproject.org/2015/02/20/trust-nobody-…
• themarshallproject.org/2015/02/24/the-prison-ra…

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