complies with federal regulations in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) except for Idaho, Arkansas, Alaska, and Utah (Boone, 2015). The Prison Rape Elimination Act requires additional training for prison staff regarding sexual assault policies and innovative methods of screening inmates to determine whether they are prone to committing sexual assault. The law also encourages inmates about the importance of reporting sexual assaults to prison officials so that the incident can be thoroughly investigated. According to Boone (2015), “A handful of governors told U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that they would not seek to meet federal standards, some arguing that the law represented federal overreach or would simply cost too much” (p . 5). Federal government statistics indicate that approximately 216,000 adult female prisoners are sexually assaulted each year; furthermore, it is critical that all fifty states implement PREA to prevent sexual abuse in correctional facilities (Boone, 2015). Government officials have a duty to keep all inmates safe from prison abuse and