Rape

FY 2022 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting People Who Are Incarcerated, and Safeguarding Communities

Closing Date

May 23, 2022

Grants.gov Deadline

May 19, 2022

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 23, 2022

This program provides funding for projects designed to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities, and to achieve and maintain compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards.

Annual Governor’s Prison Rape Elimination Act Certification and Assurance Submission

Date Published

September 2021

Series

BJA Fact Sheets

Publication Type

Factsheet

Agencies

BJA

'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'

Cleveland suspect — Photo credit: Cleveland.com

When Cuyahoga County, Ohio, embarked on the testing of nearly 7,000 backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs) in early 2013, metaphors from Greek and Roman mythology abounded in the Cleveland media coverage – 'Herculean task' and 'Pandora's box' chief among them.

Five years on, now that the backlog has been largely cleared, the sense of dread associated with those words has been replaced by one of...

FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program

2018-DN-BX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$339,732

A Proposal to Develop and Operate the Resource Center for the Elimination of Prison Rape: NCCD and Five Partner Organizations.

2010-RP-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$13,000,000

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FY 2022 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting People Who Are Incarcerated, and Safeguarding Communities

Annual Governor’s Prison Rape Elimination Act Certification and Assurance Submission

'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'

FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program

A Proposal to Develop and Operate the Resource Center for the Elimination of Prison Rape: NCCD and Five Partner Organizations.