Search results matching tag 'PREA'

PREA Pre/Inservice Training

jocotton — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:23:22 GMT

I have shared this file with several fellow trainers and thought I would put it on the site to allow anyone who wants to use it to feel free. We have to help each other to get along.

Proposed PREA Standards Released

CC Pro — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:18:00 GMT

The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission has issued its final report and proposed standards relating to the Prison Rape Elimination Act. To learn more about PREA and NIC's role to support the Act, link to NIC's PREA web page.

National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Update

CC Pro — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:39:00 GMT

Greetings from the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. The Commission is concluding the process of preparing standards and a final report on the elimination of sexual abuse in correctional and detention facilities, as statutorily required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The Commission’s final report and standards will be provided to Congress, the President, the Attorney General, and selected Federal and State officials on June 23, 2009; the same day, the report and standards will be available to the public at www.nprec.us. As the release date draws near, we will be providing additional information by email and on the Commission’s website about release events and how to access the standards and final report.

Thanks to the extensive feedback received from organizations and individuals during last year’s public comment periods – including from many receiving this update – we believe that the standards have been significantly strengthened. The Commission has spent a substantial amount of time reflecting on and incorporating your comments and suggestions.Significant changes have been made to the content of the draft standards; the number of the standards has been reduced, and improvements have been made to the format of the final standards. We were pleased at the breadth and thoughtfulness of the many comments we received. We recognize the value of contributions from the field and from others whom the Commission’s standards will effect. Your feedback has helped us to identify potential obstacles to the implementation of these standards and to formulate recommendations to efficiently advance our statutory mandate – the elimination of sexual abuse. The Commission itself sunsets 60 days after the submission of our report and standards, and then the real work of implementation begins. Within a year of receiving the final report and standards from the Commission, the Attorney General is required by the PREA statute to finalize and promulgate national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual abuse in corrections and detention facilities. The finalized standards issued by the Attorney General are immediately applicable to the federal Bureau of Prisons. States will receive notification of the Attorney General’s finalized standards and will have a year from the time of that notification to adopt and comply with them or risk losing five percent of any federal grant funds provided for prison purposes. Note that the term “prison” is defined broadly to include any facility run by “a Federal, State, or local government, whether administered by such government or by a private organization on behalf of such government,” including local jails, police lockups, and any juvenile facility. Additionally, the statute directs that any organizations that accredit Federal, State, local, or private prisons, jails, or other penal facilities adopt accreditation standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual abuse that are consistent with the final national standards.

Thank you for your continued interest in the work of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission

Safety of Women in Prisons and Jails

Eileen Conway — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:14:00 GMT

A recently posted report, funded by the National Institute of Justice, extensively examines violence and safety in correctional facilities for women. Gendered Violence and Safety: A Contextual Approach to Improving Security in Women's Facilities reports on survey findings, as well as focus groups with both female inmates and staff, to examine "the context and correlates of both violence and safety in correctional facilities for women. The data support our original hypothesis that sexual violence is embedded in a broader context of violence and safety and that this context is gender-based," per the authors. The report, which is divided into three sections, includes recommendations for improving safety, focus group findings, and quantitative measures of violence and safety. The report is also accompanied by two brief bulletins, Violence and Safety Programs in Women's Prisons and Jails: Addressing Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, and Translating Research into Practice: Improving Safety in Women's Facilities.

Preventing Sexual Violence in Prisons Through Cultural Change

CC Pro — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:41:00 GMT

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released Strategies to Prevent Prison Rape by Changing the Correctional Culture. This document examines practices in 11 states that have shown positive results in reducing sexual violence in prisons.

Review Panel Report on Prison Rape

CC Pro — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:43:00 GMT

The Report on Rape In Federal and State Prisons in the U.S. is now available. This report is based on public hearings and documentary evidence gathered by the Review Panel on Prison Rape in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination of 2003. Areas examined include the common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of prison rape, common characteristics of victims of staff-on-inmate rape, and common characteristics of prisons and prison systems with high or low prevalence of prison rape.

Re: PREA: Offender Education Materials Wanted

Jeremy881 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:40:19 GMT

Here is the pamphlet we give all inmates.I have a spanish version if you need it.

PREA Training for Juvenile Justice Practitioners

CC Pro — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:27:00 GMT

Personnel tasked with the supervision of offenders in juvenile facilities will want to attend this timely training. Behind Closed Doors: Preventing, Responding to, Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Justice Facilities examines the impact the passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) has had on juvenile justice facility operations. Over the three-day training, participants will gain the tools and resources necessary to promote an environment free of sexual assault and intimidation. Participants will also learn the proper investigative and prosecutorial protocols to employ when such incidents do occur.This training is being presented by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.

New PREA E-Course Now Available!

Leslie / NIC — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:13:00 GMT

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

Juvenile Sexual Violence Data Released

Eileen Conway — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:53:00 GMT

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a Special Report, Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2005-06. Of the more than 2,000 allegations of sexual violence reported each year, approximately one in five was substantiated, a rate higher than was found in adult prisons and jails.