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PREA Sexual Safety Culture Assessment

Award Information

Award #
2015-XT-BX-0032
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
Total funding (to date)
$68,640
Original Solicitation

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2015, $68,640)

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) provides that a state or territory whose governor does not certify full compliance with the standards is subject to the loss of five percent of any DOJ grant funds that it would otherwise receive for prison purposes, unless the governor submits an assurance that such five percent will be used only for the purpose of enabling the state to achieve and certify full compliance with the standards in future years. See 42 U.S.C. 15607(c). The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is one of the DOJ grant programs subject to this requirement in fiscal year (FY) 2015, which commenced on October 1, 2014 and ends on September 30, 2015.

The goals of the FY 2015 PREA Reallocation JAG Program are to continue implementation of the national standards to prevent, detect, and respond to prison rape in order to protect individuals from sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement. The recipient will use awarded PREA Reallocation funds to contract with a vendor to assess cultural elements that prevent victims from reporting abuse in confinement facilities in an effort to customize appropriate facility responses that promote interventions to the existing cultural environment. The goals of the project are to understand the existing culture as it relates to sexual safety and modify staff and offender cultural attitudes and behaviors toward sexual abuse and harassment to create a safer environment.

NCA/NCF

Date Created: September 2, 2015