“Republican governors in seven states — Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, Texas and Utah — are either ignoring or refusing to comply with national standards meant to prevent sexual assault in prisons, according to new information from the Justice Department.

The Justice Department gave the governors of all 50 states until May 15 to either say they are in compliance with national standards to prevent prison rape or certify that at least 5 percent of the federal grant funds they receive will go toward bringing them into compliance. Just two states, New Hampshire and New Jersey, certified that they were in compliance, while 46 states or territories promised to dedicate at least 5 percent of their grant funds to meeting the federal standards.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.

*Read more here from Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/prison-rape-elimination-act-doj_n_5406665.html