Alabama still working on compliance with federal law to prevent prison rape

Just two states are in full compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act. And just seven states have made no promise to comply.

Alabama falls in the middle, along with 40 other states, which last month assured the U.S. Department of Justice they are working on it.

Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003 to prevent sexual abuse behind bars. But the rules of the act weren't finished until 2012. States had until May 15 this year to write the federal government of their efforts to comply.