August 2008

Announcement: 

NIC has launched Your Role Responding to Sexual Abuse through the NIC E-Learning Center. 

This two hour program provides a comprehensive overview of the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and is designed to increase your understanding of the dynamics of sexual abuse among male inmates, female inmates and between staff and inmates. You will learn how to effectively and appropriately respond when you first learn of an allegation of sexual abuse that may have occurred in your correctional facility. The interactive nature of the course’s “business cases” will enable you to practice and apply the skills you learn in a “real world” scenario.

The course is open to all adult and juvenile justice staff working in correctional settings. Its content has special relevance to institutional environments and addresses issues that have serious legal and public safety issues for staff at all levels.

To read more about, and register for the course, click on http://nicic.gov/Training/PREA. 

Form more information about PREA resources, contact:

Dee Halley, NIC Research and Evaluation Division

202.514.0374,

dhalley@bop.gov