News of Interest

The PREA Resource Center is hiring a manager of our training programs! If you are a great communicator with an understanding of what it takes to create engaging adult learning opportunities and a passion for the human right of sexual safety in confinement, we hope you'll apply.

In 2023, in response to reports of sexual abuse in California prisons, the California state legislature funded a working group to speak with people incarcerated at Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) and California Institution for Women (CIW).

From 2019 to 2022, the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera), along with Black and Pink National, developed and conducted a large-scale survey of currently incarcerated transgender people regarding their experiences in state prisons.

Impact Justice is searching for the next Director of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center.

Signed by Alan R. Hanson, the Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Justice Programs, this letter was sent to all state governors on September 12, 2017. This letter outlines the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) mandates, and PREA's effect on Department of Justice grant funding.

Catch up on PREA-related news coverage from around the country.

The Office of Justice Programs has published their annual letter to all state governors.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the fiscal year 2019 site-based grant program, entitled Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities.

The National PREA Resource Center has released its 2017-2018 Annual Report.