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Massachusetts DOC PREA Project

Award Information

Award #
2014-RP-BX-0068
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
Total funding (to date)
$377,966

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2014, $377,966)

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program provides funding to states, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes to support comprehensive approaches within state, tribal, and local adult and juvenile correctional facilities to prevent, detect, and respond to incidences of sexual victimization. The PREA Program provides funding to eligible applicants for demonstration projects within confinement settings, including adult prisons and jails; juvenile facilities; community corrections facilities; law enforcement lockups and other temporary holding facilities; and tribal detention facilities. Applicants must successfully communicate a comprehensive approach to the prevention, detection, and response to the incidence of sexual abuse and clearly prioritize gaps which are as of yet unaddressed, either programmatically or through changes in policy and procedures, as they relate to implementation of the PREA standards. The goal of this program is to assist local adult and juvenile facilities in implementing prevention, identification, and response mechanisms that will reduce the incidence of sexual abuse in confinement facilities.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction will use awarded funds to address the agency's capacity to assemble and train internal and external stakeholders on PREA implementation requirements, refine databases that record and track investigations, and prepare correctional facilities for PREA audits.
CA/NCF

Date Created: August 25, 2014