News of Interest

By statute, states that do not comply with the standards issued under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) are subject to a 4.75 percent reallocation or reduction in STOP Violence Against Women Formula Program (STOP Program) funds.

The PREA Resource Center is pleased to announce that the Audit Instruments for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) PREA Standards for Prisons and Jails as well as for Juvenile Facilities have been released.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has released FAQs on the Title II Part B Formula Grants Program and the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Certification Requirement.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program has released FAQs on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Certification Requirement and 5% Reduction.

The Office of Violence Against Women has released FAQs on the Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Certification Requirement.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finalized Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations to prevent, detect and respond to sexual abuse and assault in DHS confinement facilities, meeting a May 2012 Presidential Directive.

The National PREA Resource Center (PRC), along with Just Detention International (JDI), has released PREA: What You Need to Know, a 16-minute inmate education video and a facilitator’s guide to accompany the video.

The PREA Resource Center and Vera Institute of Justice invite you to join us for a webinar on the PREA audit experience. In this webinar, PREA Resource Center Co-Director Michela Bowman will describe the audit cycle, instruments, and key phases of a PREA audit.

Signed by Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Justice Programs, and Bea Hanson, Principal Deputy Director at the Office of Violence Against Women, this letter was sent to all state governors on February 12th, 2014.

"Hope Behind Bars: An Advocate's Guide to Helping Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Detention" aims to help rape crisis advocates and other victim services providers to support survivors of sexual abuse in detention.