Overview:

This course is designed to provide corrections staff, volunteers, and contractors with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Refresher training that work in Juvenile Justice Facilities.

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 Juvenile Facilities
• Detecting Signs of Sexual Abuse

Effects of Abuse

• Disclosures
• Common Reactions to Abuse
• Responding to a Victimized Resident

Professional Communication and Boundaries

• Professional Communication
• Intervene and Redirect
• When Staff Fail to Show Professionalism

Resident Privacy

• Reasonable Privacy Does Not Compromise Security
• Housing Unit Announcements
• Pat and Strip Searches

Ways Residents Can Report

• Multiple Ways Residents Can Report
• Third-Party Reporting
• External Reporting

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:

• §115.311 – Zero tolerance of sexual abuse and sexual harassment; PREA coordinator
• §115.315 – Limits to cross-gender viewing and searches
• §115.316 – Residents with disabilities and residents who are limited English proficient
• §115.331 – Employee training
• §115.351 – Resident reporting
• §115.352 – Exhaustion of administrative remedies
• §115.353 – Resident access to outside confidential support services
• §115.354 – Third-party reporting
• §115.364 – Staff first responder duties
• §115.382 – Access to emergency medical and mental health services