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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.nicic.org/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tag 'Policies'</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=Policies&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tag 'Policies'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)</generator><item><title>PREA Training for Juvenile Justice Practitioners</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prea/archive/2008/09/09/prea-training-for-juvenile-justice-practitioners.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:12415</guid><dc:creator>CC Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Personnel tasked with the supervision of&amp;nbsp;offenders in juvenile facilities will want to attend this timely training. &lt;a class="" href="http://www.tjpc.state.tx.us/events/Brochures/2008BehindClosedDoors.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Behind Closed Doors: Preventing, Responding to, Investigating and Prosecuting&amp;nbsp;Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Justice Facilities&lt;/a&gt; examines the impact the passage of the &lt;a class="" href="http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/about/PubLNo108-79.txt" target="_blank"&gt;Prison Rape Elimination Act&lt;/a&gt; (PREA) has had on juvenile justice facility operations. Over the three-day&amp;nbsp;training, participants will gain the tools and resources necessary to&amp;nbsp;promote an environment free&amp;nbsp;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&amp;nbsp;presented by the &lt;a class="" href="http://www.tjpc.state.tx.us/" target="_blank"&gt;Texas Juvenile Probation Commission&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Protocol for Sexual Assault Examinations</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prea/archive/2007/09/25/protocol-for-sexual-assault-examinations.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:5155</guid><dc:creator>CC Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a class="" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/" target="_blank"&gt;U.S. Department of Justice&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/" target="_blank"&gt;Office of Violence Against Women&lt;/a&gt; (VAWA) has developed a national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations. This &lt;a class="" href="http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ovw/206554.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;report&lt;/a&gt; provides a blueprint that jurisdictions may employ in the&amp;nbsp;development and implementation of strategies specific to the examination process.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>State PREA Policies and Procedures</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/files/folders/prea/entry2668.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:00:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:2668</guid><dc:creator>CC Pro</dc:creator><description>This page includes policies and procedures from states that have chosen to share their materials.&amp;nbsp; We are not vouching for their accuracy.&amp;nbsp; Neither, do&amp;nbsp;we promote these as model policies and procedures.&amp;nbsp; We have posted them for information and comparison. Please note, many correctional policies overlap in their coverage of issues. If you cannot find what you are looking for in a specific section please refer to the other policies on the page (example: most confidentiality provisions can be covered in health care policies but may also be located in investigative policies and/or sexual assault and PREA policies).</description></item><item><title>Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Considerations for Policy Review</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/files/folders/prea/entry1835.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:46:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:1835</guid><dc:creator>connie clem</dc:creator><description>A policy review guide designed to assist in drafting PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) policies for review by the National Institute of Corrections is provided. Sections of this document are: purpose; questions to consider -- policy organization, definitions, zero tolerance, staff/offender duty to report, prevention, and investigations (e.g., general, selection and training of investigators, protocols, and aftermath); and list of resources. </description></item><item><title>Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Policies and Procedures </title><link>http://community.nicic.org/files/folders/prea/entry1814.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:52:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:1814</guid><dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator><description>Access to policies regarding staff/offender or offender/offender sexual assault from jails and juvenile facilities is provided at this website.</description></item><item><title>Agencies Share PREA policies...</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prea/archive/2006/11/27/Agencies-Share-PREA-policies_2E002E002E00_.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:1766</guid><dc:creator>plr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://dcj.state.co.us/ors/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Colorado Department of Public Safety, Office of Research and Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, conducted an on line survey for information on PREA policies from jails and juvenile facilities from around the U.S. Here&amp;#39;s a link to those policies folks were willing to share with everyone. &lt;a href="http://dcj.state.co.us/ors/PREA1.htm" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>