Webinars

Join us to hear from Jerome Williams, PREA Compliance Department, Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) regarding TJJD’s efforts at statewide juvenile facility PREA Compliance.

This webinar features lessons learned and challenges from jail PREA coordinators and DOJ-certified PREA auditors.

The Moss Group, Inc., in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center, presents this webinar to introduce correctional practitioners to a new resource for developing a PREA-compliant staffing plan, per standard §115.13/.113/.213/.313.

The Vera Institute of Justice, in collaboration with the National PREA Resource Center, presents a webinar to introduce a new resource on how to keep vulnerable populations safe under PREA. Presenters will discuss the PREA standards that place restrictions on the use of involuntary protective custody and walk participants through a new implementation guide that provides strategies for prisons and jails on how to safely house inmates at risk of sexual abuse without isolating them.

Does your corrections agency provide inmates with a way to report sexual abuse to an outside agency? Does it offer confidential services for survivors? And are you accepting third-party reports?

If your agency is struggling to meet the above PREA standards — or even to understand what they mean and how they are different — then this webinar is essential viewing.

This webinar will cover how a PREA Coordinator can work to gain the support and commitment from line staff concerning changes that may be needed to meet compliance measures.

After reviewing new statistics on LGBT people in confinement, this webinar will provide case studies of one county probation department and one state criminal justice system that have begun collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity. Participants will leave with specific questions that they can add to their data collection and case management systems.

Who should you choose and how do you determine their role, duties, and responsibilities of a PREA Coordinator? This webinar is designed for jail leaders as they make the decision about the appointment of a PREA Coordinator to assure that such person has sufficient authority, credibility, and knowledge to oversee the agency efforts toward implementation. This webinar will also outline the basic duties and responsibilities of a PREA Coordinator and PREA Compliance Managers.

This webinar focuses on the content and application of the Youthful Inmate standard. During the webinar, Prof. Smith and co-presenters will: (1) review the youthful inmate standard 115.17; (2) discuss the particulars of youthful inmates in custodial settings—gender, settings and age; (3) outline models for housing youthful inmates; (4) discuss operational strategies for keeping youthful inmates safe in adult settings; and (5) discuss legal issues related to housing and protection of youthful inmates.

This webinar will focus on common terminology relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, research, statistics, and the application of specific PREA standards pertaining to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in confinement. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.