PREA applies to all federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police lockups, private facilities, and community settings such as residential facilities.
Eric Garner was not killed by police in New York City because he was black. He was killed by police in New York City for selling individual cigarettes to pedestrians in a city that has declared all-out war on smoking.
No person shall sell, give or furnish to a person under 19 years of age, any cigarettes made of tobacco. The minimum age of 16 years was introduced in 1904. The minimum age was raised from 16 to 18 in 1988. The minimum age was raised from 18 to 19 in 2005.