The Department of Justice PREA Management Office is pleased to announce the release of the PREA Auditor Handbook (Handbook) Version 2.1. The Handbook Version 2.1 is updated to reflect several important changes to requirements for PREA auditors.
PREA Standard § 115.16 requires agencies to ensure people in confinement, including those with disabilities, have equal access to efforts preventing and responding to sexual abuse and harassment. This page provides links to clearinghouse resources to help agencies meet this requirement.
During this webinar, we cover PREA Standard 115.16 Inmates, detainees, and residents with disabilities and inmates, detainees, and residents who are limited English proficient. The purpose of this standard is to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse of all inmates by ensuring that all inmates, including those who have disabilities, are Deaf, or who are limited English proficient, have equal access to PREA-related educational materials and departmental policies, reporting mechanisms, and available victim services. Reporting mechanisms and victim services are meaningless if inmates do not know about them or cannot access them.
Our featured presenter is Allison Hastings, Project Director (Vera Institute of Justice).