Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Funding

• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Local Solicitation | Due: 8/23/2019 | BJA
• Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Community Corrections Collaborations to Reduce Violent Crime and Recidivism | Due: 8/30/2019 | BJA
• Prison Rape Elimination Act Targeted Implementation Planning and Support | Due: 8/30/2019 | BJA
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The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 mandates that the Department of Justice promote and implement regulations that adopt national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction and punishment of prison rape. The Justice Department is reviewing proposed national standards that the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission prepared for PREA. The Department commissioned an independent contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, to prepare a cost study of the...

Publications

• Data Collections for the National Prison Rape Statistics Program
• Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
• Keeping Vulnerable Populations Safe Under PREA: Alternative Strategies to the Use of Segregation in Prisons and Jails
• Making PREA and Victim Services Accessible for Incarcerated People With Disabilities: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners on the Adult and Juvenile Standards
• PREA Data Collection Activities (Annual Report)
• Public...