As required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, the Department of Justice conducted its first-ever study to determine how many minors are being sexually assaulted in prison. After surveying more than 26,000 incarcerated youths (91% male, 9% female) from around the country, the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that 12% had experienced one or more incidents of “sexual victimization” by another youth or facility staff during the prior year, including 10.3% who reported being victimized by a member of the prison staff. Of those who reported being raped or molested by staff, 95% of cases involved female prison guards. BJS calculated that women made up 42% of state prison guards in 2008. The facility with the worst reported rate (36.4%) was the Backbone Mountain Youth Center in Swanton, Maryland.