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Sexual abuse

PREA Funding Now Available

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities competitive grant solicitation.

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

This program provides funding to state and local governments and federally recognized tribes 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.