Description: Have you visited the online PREA Resource Center and found yourself overwhelmed? If your jail currently houses or is looking into housing sentenced inmates, you are required to follow these standards. Ideally, you have a PREA coordinator to lead this program, but it's crucial to have a checks and balances in place. We have seen consistent and preventable deficiencies in audits across the country. This presentation offers specific guidance to the most common findings from a seasoned PREA auditor.
Learning Objectives:
List the most common PREA audit findings across the county.
Evaluate agency readiness for a PREA audit related to the most common findings.
Navigate to key areas of the PREA Resource Center online.
Evaluate agency readiness to house sentenced inmates.
Analyze agency sexual abuse policy for zero tolerance language.