WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Bureau of Justice Statistics, has announced a funding opportunity aimed at enhancing the methodology and utility of its National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRSP) Assessment. With a total estimated funding of $500,000, this grant will support a comprehensive analysis of existing data collection practices surrounding prison rape statistics, originally established under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) 20 years ago. The grant will cover an assessment of the Bureau's cu more ST