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Through a cooperative agreement between BJA and NCCD

The recording of the Introduction to the PREA Audit Instrument webinar is now available. 

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Screening: New publication provides guidance on how to objectively screen for risk of sexual victimization and abusiveness and use of the collected information.

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Statistics: BJS releases Sexual Victimization In Juvenile Facilities Reported By Youth, 2012.

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BJA has released the FY 2013 PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance” Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities solicitation.

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PRC awards $4.85 million to 43 local adult and juvenile detention facilities to establish zero-tolerance cultures for sexual abuse within those facilities.  

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Search the PREA Library for Articles and Resources:

Information about the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and related laws and legal issues.
All PREA-related news articles, including news about the law, implementation of standards, and federal and local initiatives.
Sample PREA-related policies and PREA policy development guides.
Federally funded and academic reports and articles on a range of PREA-related topics.
Tools such as training materials, handbooks, policy development toolkits, and a list of resources for survivors.
Federal PREA standards and information about the development, implementation, compliance with, and enforcement of the standards.
American Correctional Association's 142nd Congress of Corrections (Taken by the International Center for Documentary Arts)
PRC’s Juvenile PREA Coordinators’ Conference, June 2012
PRC’s Juvenile PREA Coordinators’ Conference, June 2012
PRC’s Juvenile PREA Coordinators’ Conference, June 2012
PRC’s Juvenile PREA Coordinators’ Conference, June 2012
PRC's regional training in Galt, CA, February 2013

The PREA Resource Center (PRC) is working to address sexual safety in confinement, and to assist state and local jurisdictions with implementation of the Department of Justice national PREA standards

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The PREA Resource Center provides training and technical assistance to adult and juvenile corrections and law enforcement agencies seeking to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in confinement.

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Resources for survivors and their families are available here.

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