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  • document preview for Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Considerations for Policy Review

    Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Considerations for Policy Review

    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.

  • document cover for PREA Statewide Probation and Parole Direction

    PREA Statewide Probation and Parole Direction

    "This paper is the initial product of the work group [of six state directors of probation and parole] and summarizes its deliberations and findings" (p. 3). Sections of this document include: background; preamble; what PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) is and what it requires; what PREA requires of community corrections agencies and when; suggested practices in community corrections -- key points of discussion (i.e., systemic approach, law, policy, training, operational considerations, investigations, culture, and tools); current Bureau of Justice Statistics...

  • document cover for The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003: The Impact of National PREA Standards on Community Corrections

    The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003: The Impact of National PREA Standards on Community Corrections

    Wondering how the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) impacts the management of offenders in the community? Then this is the resource for you. This handbook aims to educate community corrections staff on: why community correctional staff and administrators need to be concerned about sexual abuse of offenders; identifying inappropriate relationships with and between offenders; the impact of the National PREA Standards on agency policies, practices and special concerns community correctional staff have in addressing PREA; where reports of sexual abuse...

  • document cover for 6 CFR Part 115: Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities; Final Rule

    6 CFR Part 115: Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities; Final Rule

    “The purpose of this regulatory action is to set standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confinement facilities. Sexual violence, against any victim, is an assault on human dignity and an affront to American values” (p. 13100).

    Provisions of these standards are broken down into parts covering “two distinct types of facilities: (1) Immigration detention facilities, which are overseen by ICE and used for longer-term detention of aliens in immigration proceedings or...