NCJ Number
248526
Date Published
November 2014
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This closed captioned video and accompanying facilitator's guide are designed to help adult prisons, jails, and lockups to meet the inmate education requirements of the US Department of Justice's National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape.
Abstract
The video includes an introductory section that can be used during intake to inform incoming inmates about a facility's zero-tolerance policy on sexual abuse and how victims can report it. The full video can be used to provide a comprehensive inmate education program. It addresses the definition of sexual abuse and sexual harassment;the absolute right of inmates to be free from such violence;agency policies and procedures for preventing and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment; and how inmates can get support and medical and mental health care after an incident of sexual abuse. The video features a range of experts, including survivors of prisoner rape, former Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) inmate peer educators, advocates, and corrections officials. Because inmate education should be facility specific, the video has information applicable to all adult detention settings.