- When I first took this position I knew absolutely nothing about PREA. It was a matter of educating myself, building a network of people who were already in the field and had a knowledge. We actually have a hotline set up directly to the Rape Crisis Center. It's a confidential hotline. It's treated like an attorney call. It's to provide services for anybody who has been victimized really at any time of their lives. I didn't even know how am I gonna start this MOU with them? And with submitting for training and technical assistance through the PREA Resource Center, they actually put me in contact with JDI and I think it was a great working relationship that was built. The key message that we give to our inmates is that we have a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. We have procedures in place that will prevent, detect, and respond to this type of activity. The inmates who had been in our facility prior to implementing PREA, I think that they have received the information and know that, "Wow, there has been a change And I do feel safe."

- Training is key with anything that's newly implemented, but also to make sure that our staff don't become complacent. And I think getting the buy-in and kind of starting to shift the culture is always a challenge. But I think as the years have come on I've seen a big improvement. We house family, friends, and neighbors. We're a county jail. So I wouldn't want anybody that I know to go into our facility and have been sexually victimized. I just think that everybody has the right to be free from sexual abuse. We're on the road to success in trying to stop sexual abuse from happening in corrections.