This is a 24-hour training covering the national Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards and implications for responding to the different needs of men, women and LGBTI inmates who are sexually abused in custody.
Following are the goals of the training.
- Review the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards and identify their impact on administrative investigations and human resources.
- Identify components of investigative and human resource policies and procedures as they relate to sexual abuse of persons in custody.
- Understand the legal and investigative implications of and strategies for responding.
- Intended audience (similar to what we have done for webinars-please provide a list of who is best suited to receive the training)
The audience for this particular training is high-level correctional administrators in leadership positions who have the ability to initiate intra-agency change. Likely trainees include deputy commissioners, lead human resources personnel, general counsel, lead administrative investigators, PREA coordinators, PREA compliance managers, jail administrators, and division directors.