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Statewide PREA Implementation

Award Information

Award #
2020-RP-BX-0001
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
Total funding (to date)
$156,588

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $156,588)

Authorized under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the FY20 PREA Program: Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities will assist confinement facilities and the agencies that oversee them in implementing prevention, identification, and response mechanisms that reduce the incidence of sexual abuse in these facilities, and to promote compliance with the PREA standards. Program funds will be used to support efforts of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in confinement facilities covered by the PREA standards; promote comprehensive implementation of the standards; and enhance community safety by decreasing the likelihood that inmates, residents, and detainees are sexually victimized in confinement facilities prior to release.

The recipient will use funds to assist confinement facilities and the agencies that oversee them in preventing, identifying, and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in these facilities, and to support compliance with the PREA standards. A portion of funds will be used to: (1) review PREA policies; (2) coach leadership to create sexually safer environments; and to (3) implement PREA policy, through youth education, staff training, and enhancement to facility security.

CA/NCF

Date Created: September 20, 2020