What facilities are covered under PREA and the PREA standards?
PREA directed the attorney general to promulgate standards for all confinement facilities including, but not limited to, local jails, police lockups, and juvenile facilities. See 34 U.S.C. § 30309(7). DOJ has promulgated standards for prisons and jails (28 C.F.R. §§ 115.11 – 115.93), lockups (28 C.F.R. §§ 115.111 – 115.193), residential community confinement facilities (28 C.F.R. §§ 115.211 – 115.293), and juvenile facilities (28 C.F.R. §§ 115.311 – 115.393).
Additionally, on May 17, 2012, the President directed “all agencies with federal confinement facilities that are not already subject to the Department of Justice’s final rule” to develop rules or procedures that comply with PREA.