Local News Roundup!

Check out these local stories!DC works to address it rape kit backlog. And check out this very personal story about the consequences of untested rape kits and Congressional efforts to provide funding to end the national backlog.Earlier this week an Alexandria, Virginia deputy sheriff was arrested for sexually assaulting a female inmate. The sexual assault charges have now been dropped though he is still charged with carnal knowledge of an inmate and Alexandria's sheriff says he "betrayed his duty to this Office."  May 15 was the deadline for states and territories to adopt federal standards to reduce sexual assault in prisons under the Prison Rape Elimination Act. It is estimated that 4% of state and federal prisoners and 3.2% of jail inmates experience sexual assault.Montgomery County establishes a human trafficking task force.