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A technical glitch prevented my post from appearing above, so here goes again.... I am interested in learning about other jurisdictions' efforts to educate offenders on the issue of institutional sexual violence. When do you present this information? Only during intake/orientation or at other times during incarceration? Who delivers the information? What form does it take? Do you use other, less formal methods to remind offenders how to prevent and report incidents? I would especially like to see any printed materials you use. Please post your descriptions or links here, or use the private message feature to contact me outside of the forum. Thanks.

So Marna -

As I've recently been taskedwith reviewing our rsponse to PREA; what offender education materials have you accumulated from your May 2007 posting?

I'd love to not re-einvent the wheel and fnd something already established and in place that we can tweek if need be.

Thanks, JJ

The National Institute of Corrections Information Center has materials available for offender education pertaining to PREA.  The webpage on the NIC PREA project is http://nicic.org/PREA and the PREA blog is http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prea/default.aspx

You may want to request:

Speaking Up: Discussing Prison Sexual Assault: A Tool Kit Designed to Assist Facility Staff in Educating Male Offenders to Local Sexual Assault Policies and Practices "This toolkit provides new male inmates with information related to the prevention of unwanted relationships with other inmates or any personal relationships with staff. Topics discussed include: the law and institutional policy; what to watch out for--prevention; and what you can do—reporting and investigation. There is also the Spanish version of the orientation “Hablando Claro! Discusion sobre los asaltos sexuales en las prisons.” The accompanying CD-ROM contains; a copy of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA); a bibliography; the facilitator guide; and an English MPEG version of the DVD presentation. Accession Number: 022678"

There is also one for female inmates. Accession Number 022677