PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act)

PREA regulations and resulting policies are extensive and can involve a lot of work. So, why should we go through all this trouble?

Catherine Dutcher, 24, was fired from her job at a juvenile correctional center on the same day she was arrested

The bi-partisan legislation, now on its way to President Biden to sign, forces BOP to fix and replace surveillance cameras

The high-ranking official, who has admitted to beating Black inmates in the 1990s, has "openly shared some of his past and has shared ... that he’s a changed man"

Ray Garcia faces up to 15 years in prison for abusing inmates at the federal prison in Dublin, Calif.

PREA criminalizes any sexual relationship between correctional officers and inmates because of the “imbalance of power”

In addition to the risk of depression and suicide, transgender people experience sexual violence, harassment and other adverse conditions at higher rates than the general population

A federal monitor found inmates were “weaponizing” PREA and using it as a way to threaten officers and retaliate against them

The state's policy does not require transgender inmates to undergo gender-reassignment surgery to be held in the facility

Are Department of Justice-certified PREA auditors permitted to conduct any part of the onsite portion of the PREA audit remotely?

While video is key in enhancing facility security, it also carries risks that must be addressed to reduce liability for the agency and its officers

What happens to PREA timetables when agencies are preoccupied with preventing coronavirus spread?

Anyone in a correctional facility who has access to inmates should receive PREA training on how to detect and prevent inmate sexual abuse and harassment. Risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham details what to expect during a PREA audit in this tip. 

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The challenge in corrections is not identifying topics to train on, but prioritizing time and resources to cover the many subjects that can lead to high-risk situations