Feel free to breastfeed here. (Photo: TBD Staff)

ALEXANDRIA considers legalizing breastfeeding in public: "Alexandria City Council Member Rob Krupicka worries that the city's indecent exposure ordinance might be used to discourage women from breastfeeding in public. That's why he and another council member have proposed an amendment to the ordinance that would make it clear that breast feeding in public is legal," WAMU reports. "I don't think anyone's ever been brought up on it, but if you're trying to send a message that our community is family-friendly, an easy place for the city to start is to get rid of this antiquated ordinance that clearly has no place in modern society," Krupicka said.

AFTER THE JUMP: Gallagher responds; prison rape inches slowly toward an end; D.C. police stay mum on sexual assault stats:

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THE D.C. POLICE have denied the Washington City Paper's request to see the department's report on sexual assaults recorded in the District last year. The rationale: ""Your request is denied because the Sexual Assault report is an internal document created for law enforcement investigative purposes. According to the Intelligence Unit at the MPD, the Sexual Assault daily report reveals investigative techniques not generally known to the public, specifically information on the type of sexual assaults, location, factual basis, witness/victim information and other information. D.C. Code 2-534(a)(3E). Redaction of the privileged information would render the document incomprehensible."

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT has released draft regulations for corrections facilities to end prison rape in the United States. From a Washington Post editorial: "In releasing draft regulations to implement the landmark legislation, the department closely tracked many of the recommendations of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, the congressionally created panel that spent some six years studying the problem. The department concluded, for instance, that PREA addresses not just rape but all manner of sexual abuse in correctional facilities - an interpretation resisted by some corrections officials. It calls for the adoption of a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse; maintains prohibitions on cross-gender pat and strip searches of juveniles; requires a facility to designate an on-site PREA coordinator; and calls for background checks of prospective corrections officers to screen for past incidents of inmate abuse."

BUT the "Justice Department has a way to go on on ending prison rape," the Post concludes: "the department punted on several crucial issues - a particularly frustrating development given that it had the benefit of a thorough and credible report from the commission. The department failed to articulate rules for independent audits of facilities and did not come to any conclusions about how often such audits should take place. (The commission recommendation: every three years.) Such evaluations are crucial in determining whether facilities are complying with the law's mandate. Perhaps one reason the Justice Department had a hard time with audits is that it also failed to specify what criteria should be used to determine whether an institution is in compliance with the law."

THE REGULATIONS are open to public comments for the next two months.