These standards set out the requirements for training and educating employees, volunteers, contractors, inmates, residents, detainees, staff who investigate sexual abuse, and medical and mental health staff. The resources below offer information and curricula for training the different audiences. See below for links to the standards and helpful resources.
STANDARDS. Click on the following links to access the training and education standards for Adult Prisons and Jails, Community Confinement Facilities, Juvenile Facilities, and Lockups.
Training and Education - Issues - Training
Training
Standard 115.31/115.131/115.231/115.331 requires agencies to train all employees who have contact with inmates/detainees/residents on specific topics related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Agencies must provide refresher training every two years. Standard 115.32/115.132/115.232/115.332 requires agencies to train all volunteers and contractors who have contact with inmates/detainees/residents on their responsibilities under the agency’s sexual abuse and sexual harassment policies and procedures. Under the standards, agencies may tailor the level and type of training provided to volunteers and contractors based on how much contact they have with inmates/detainees/residents.
Recognizing that conducting investigations of sexual abuse in confinement settings requires specialized knowledge and skills, Standard 115.34/115.134/115.234/115.334 mandates specialized training for agency investigators that conduct those investigations. The standard requires training on techniques for interviewing sexual abuse victims, proper use of Miranda and Garrity warnings, sexual abuse evidence collection in confinement settings, and the criteria and evidence required to substantiate a case for administrative action or prosecution referral. Standard 115.35/115.235/115.335 similarly requires specialized training for medical and mental health care practitioners in prisons, jails, community confinement facilities, and juvenile facilities. Such practitioners are required to be trained on how to detect and assess signs of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, how to preserve physical evidence of sexual abuse, how to respond to victims, and how and to whom to report allegations and suspicions of sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
Training and Education - Issues - Inmate Education
Inmate Education
Standard 115.33/115.233 requires agencies to provide information on the agency’s zero tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment and how to report incidents to inmates/residents upon intake. Within 30 days of intake, agencies must provide comprehensive education to inmates/residents either in person or through video on their right to be free from sexual abuse and sexual harassment, their right to be free from retaliation for reporting any incidents, and the agency’s response policies and procedures. For juvenile facilities, Standard 115.333 requires agencies to provide age-appropriate education within 10 days of intake. For lockups, Standard 115.132 requires agencies to notify detainees of the agency’s zero tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
Training and Education - Resources - General
General
- A Handbook for Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (forthcoming summer 2013).
- Specialized Training: Medical/Mental Health Care, National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (2013).
- Human Resources and Administrative Investigations Pre-Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center (2012).
- Sexual Abuse in Correctional Settings: What Rape Crisis Counselors Need to Know, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (2011).
- Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections (2010).
- Meeting the Needs of Prison Rape Victims: A Technical Assistance Guide for Sexual Assault Counselors and Advocates, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (2006).
- Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct With Offenders Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections (2004).
- Using a Prevention, Trauma-Informed Framework when Implementing PREA, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (2015).
- Investigating Sexual Assault and Sex Related Crimes in Confinement Settings: Guidance for Criminal Investigators Video and Resource Guide, International Association of Chiefs of Police (2015).
- PREA in Action—Committing to Safety and Respect for LGBTI Youth and Adults in Correctional Settings: Lessons From the Field Webinar, Lorie Brisbin, Anne Elwart, and Major Debra Schmidt (2014).
- PREA and Inmate Education: A Resource Guide, Just Detention International (2016).
Training and Education - Resources - Adult Prisons and Jails
Adult Prisons and Jails
- Responding to Inmate-on-Inmate Sexual Abuse Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections (forthcoming Summer 2013).
- Responding to Sexual Abuse of Inmates in Custody: Responding to the Needs of Men, Women, and Gender Non-Conforming Populations Pre-Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center (2013).
- Crafting Your Program: PREA and Inmate Education in Prisons, Part II Webinar, Just Detention International in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center (2013).
- Laying the Groundwork: PREA and Inmate Education in Prisons, Part I Webinar, Just Detention International in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center (2012).
- Breaking the Code of Silence: Correctional Officers’ Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (2007).
Training and Education - Resources - Community Confinement Facilities
Community Confinement Facilities
- PREA Statewide Probation and Parole Direction, National Institute of Corrections and The Moss Group (2007).
Training and Education - Resources - Juvenile Facilities
Juvenile Facilities
- END SILENCE: Youth Speaking Up About Sexual Abuse in Custody Comic Book Series, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (2012).
- Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth in Custody: Youth Workers' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Violence in Juvenile Justice Settings, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (2012).
- Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody Curriculum, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections (2010).
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Texas Juvenile Justice Department – Resident Education – Safeguarding Your Sexual Safety
Instructor's Guide (English)
Video (English)
Video (Spanish)
Training and Education - Resources - Lockups
Lockups
- The International Association of Chiefs of Police Response to Violence Against Women Project (includes training videos, investigative guidelines, supplemental report forms, and other tools).
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and Law Enforcement Agencies: What Every Law Enforcement Manager and Supervisor Needs to Know, Instructors Guide, Lesson Plans, and Resources, Center for Innovative Public Policy (2007).
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and Law Enforcement Agencies: What Every Law Enforcement Executive Needs to Know, Instructors Guide, Lesson Plans, and Resources, Center for Innovative Public Policy (2007).