Content of the Webinar:
This new webinar for corrections officials will cover how to set up inmate education programs that are compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. The session, which is being presented jointly by the National PREA Resource Center and Just Detention International, will focus on the PREA standards requiring prisons to put into place comprehensive sexual abuse awareness programs for new arrivals and current inmates.
This training, the first of a two-part series on inmate education, will give an overview of the different methods and formats for implementing inmate education programs. Ashbel T. Wall, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and President of the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA), will address the importance of inmate education programs in maintaining safe facilities, the impact of institutional culture on such programs, and ways to garner buy-in from staff and inmates alike.
The webinar will also feature talks from leading corrections experts in the fields of inmate education and sexual abuse prevention. The training will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
Find Part II of this webinar series here.
Who Should Attend:
Institutional Corrections, Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, Civic Organizations, Non-profit Organizations, Treatment Professionals, Other (Rape Crisis Centers and Coalitions)