Media Releases

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) directs the Department of Justice to provide grants to jurisdictions and agencies nationwide to “protect inmates (particularly from prison rape) and to safeguard the communities to which inmates return.” 34 USC § 30305(a).

Through this program, BJA is seeking applications for funding of projects designed to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities, and to achieve and maintain compliance with the PREA standards.

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under Fiscal Year 2020 for the Thinking for a Change Video Project. This Program furthers NIC’s mission by building capacity of state and local correctional agencies to develop and establish effective inmate cognitive behavioral rehabilitation interventions and strategies.

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under Fiscal Year 2020. Work under this cooperative agreement involves the revision and development of NIC’s Probation and Parole Executive Orientation Training Curriculum.

The National Institute of Corrections’ Maureen Buell and Just Detention International’s Julie Abbate write on gender responsivity in jails, the benefit to incarcerated women, and the facilities that house them.