Overview:

This course is designed to provide corrections staff, volunteers, and contractors with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Refresher training that work in Adult Community Confinement settings.

As a pre-requisite, all attendees should have completed a full PREA Initial Employee training course to have a good basic understanding of PREA.

In this course we are going to cover the following topics:

PREA Basics

• Zero Tolerance Policy
• Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Detention
• Detecting Signs of Sexual Abuse

Effects of Abuse

• Disclosures
• Common Reactions to Abuse
• Responding to Victimized Residents

Professional Communication and Boundaries

• Professional Communication
• Appropriate Interactions
• Compromised Professionalism 

Resident Privacy

• Privacy Does Not Compromise Security
• Housing Unit Announcements
• Pat Searches and Urine Drops

Ways Residents Can Report

• Multiple Ways Residents Can Report
• Third-Party Reporting
• Reporting in the Community

Resident Support Services

• Resident Support Services
• What Services Are Provided?
• Privacy

Helping Residents Who Primarily Speak Another Language

• Can a Resident Provide Interpretation?
• Who Can Provide Interpretation
• Tips for Speaking with Residents Whose English is Limited

This course covers the following PREA Standards:

• §115.211 – Zero tolerance of sexual abuse and sexual harassment; PREA coordinator
• §115.215 – Limits to cross-gender viewing and searches
• §115.216 – Residents with disabilities and residents who are limited English proficient
• §115.231 – Employee training
• §115.251 – Resident reporting
• §115.252 – Exhaustion of administrative remedies
• §115.253 – Resident access to outside confidential support services
• §115.254 – Third-party reporting
• §115.264 – Staff first responder duties
• §115.282 – Access to emergency medical and mental health services