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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This document is intended to provide small jails with a template they can use to offer PREA training to volunteers and contractors. This template is customizable and should be tailored to your facility, the experience level of your volunteers and contractors, and the training format(s).
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This document summarizes the findings from a survey that was offered to Colorado Jail Association (CJA) members in the fall of 2013. The purpose of the survey was to understand the needs and challenges of Colorado jail administrators in implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and respond to sexual abuse in their facilities. Survey responses were anonymous.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
According to the National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape, all jails are required to develop a written institutional plan to coordinate actions taken in response to an incident of sexual abuse among staff first responders, medical and mental health practitioners, investigators, and facility leadership.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This template is intended to be a starting point for small jails as they work to create or revise policies to comply with the Department of Justice's National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape. The template provides sample language, suggested policies, and strategies for implementing these policies. It is recommended that agencies analyze their operations, state laws, unique facility needs, designs, staffing, and budget issues...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
This study examines whether prison sexual offending behaviors are predictive of violence upon release. Recidivism rates for four groups of male sex offenders were compared: (1) offenders convicted of community sex crimes; (2) community sex offenders who were convicted under non-sex crime charges; (3) offenders known only to commit sexually abusive misconduct in prison and, (4) offenders with both community and prison sex offenses. The findings reveal...