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Report on Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Correctional Facilities - October 2010 - Department of Justice Review Panel on Prison Rape

Preventing and Responding to Corrections-Based Sexual Abuse A Guide for Community Corrections Professionals - December 2006 - American Probation and Parole Association With The International Community Corrections Association And Pretrial Justice Institute

This project collected and reviewed literature and existing strategies implemented by community corrections professionals in compliance with PREA. To accomplish this goal, APPA convened a working group to identify salient issues related to complying with PREA provisions as well as training and technical assistance needs of the field.

 PREA  Standards

  •            Standards: Adult Prisons and Jails with Immigration Supplement
  •            Standards: Lockups
  •            Standards: Community Corrections
  •            Standards: Juvenile Facilities

     

    PRESS RELEASE: American Probation and Parole Association Announces New Partnership with NCTI

    The following organizations have staff certified to teach NCTI's Preventing Sexual Misconduct Against Offenders Workshop: 

    38th Judicial District CSCD, Texas

    Ada County Sheriff's Office, Idaho

    Alameda County Probation Department, California

    Alternative Risk Services, Kansas

    Amador County Sheriff's Office, California

    Auburn City Jail, Washington

    Bastrop County, Texas

    Berkshire County Sheriff's Office, Massachusetts

    Bexar County Juvenile Probation, Texas

    Bristol County Sheriff's Office, Massachusetts

    Bureau of Prisons / FCI Waseca, Minnesota

    Butte County Juvenile Hall, California

    California Department of Corrections, California

    Cameron County Adult Probation, Texas

    Carbon County Sheriff's Office, Utah

    Churchill County Juvenile Probation, Nevada

    Clark County Juvenile Justice Services, Nevada

    Clinton County Jail, Iowa

    Columbia County Jail, Oregon

    Concho Valley CSCD, Texas

    Contra Costa County Probation Department, California

    Dubuque County Sheriff's Office, Iowa

    ECSO, Nevada

    El Paso County Sheriff's Department, Texas

    Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Massachusetts

    Fresno County Probation Department, California

    Gloucester County Sheriff's Office, Virginia

    Gregg County Juvenile Probation, Texas

    Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center, Texas

    Hampden County Sheriff's Dept, Massachusetts

    Hampshire Co. Jail and House of Corrections, Massachusetts

    Hardin County Jail, Iowa

    Houston Police Department, Texas

    Imperial County Probation Department, California

    Jefferson County Juvenile Probation, Texas

    Johnson County, Iowa

    Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Kansas

    Kaplan Education, Kentucky

    Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, Texas

    Kitsap County Sheriff's Office Jail, Washington

    Laramie County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming

    Lewis County Juvenile Court, Washington

    Lewis County Sheriff's Office, Washington

    Lubbock County CSCD, Texas

    Management and Training Corporation, Texas

    Marion County Juvenile Probation, Indiana

    Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, California

    Marshall County Jail, Iowa

    McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility, Illinois

    McHenry County Sheriff's Office, Illinois

    McLennan County CSCD, Texas

    Mental Health Systems Inc., California

    Merced County Probation Department, California

    Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, Massachusetts

    Montana Office of Public Instruction, Montana

    Napa County Department of Corrections, California

    Napa County Probation Department, California

    Napa County Sheriff's Office, California

    Nevada Division of Child and Family Services, Nevada

    Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center, Texas

    Orange County Probation Department, California

    Orange County Sheriff's Office, California

    Plymouth County Sheriff's Department, Massachusetts

    Polk County Sheriff's Office, Iowa

    Pomona Police Department, California

    Randall County Youth Center, Texas

    Roederer Correctional Complex, Kentucky

    Saline Sheriff Dept., Kansas

    Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, Utah

    San Bernardino County Probation Dept., California

    San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, California

    San Diego County Probation Department, California

    San Francisco Sheriff's Department, California

    San Joaquin County Probation Department, California

    Sanpete County Jail, Utah

    Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept., California

    Scott County Corrections, Iowa

    Skagit County Sheriff's Office, Washington

    Skagit County Youth and Family Services, Washington

    Smith County Juvenile Services, Texas

    Sonoma County Probation Department, California

    Stanislaus County Probation Department, California

    Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department, California

    Story County Jail, Iowa

    Suffolk County Jail, Massachusetts

    Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Texas

    Texas Youth Commission, Texas

    Tom Green Co. Juvenile Prob., Texas

    Tooele County Sheriff's Department, Utah

    Travis County Sheriff's Office, Texas

    Tulare County Probation, California

    Tulsa County Sheriff's Department, Oklahoma

    Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office, California

    University of CA San Diego, California

    Utah Courts, Utah

    Walla Walla Correctional Facility, Washington

    Washington County Sheriff's Office, Oregon

    West Texas CSCD, Texas

    Whatcom County Sheriff's Office, Washington

    Williamson County Juvenile Services, Texas

    Williamson County Sheriff's Office, Texas

    Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, Iowa

    Worcester County Sheriff's Office, Massachusetts

    Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

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    Additional Research

    • Eigenberg, Helen and Agnes Baro. "If You Drop the Soap in the Shower You Are on Your Own: Images of Male Rape in Selected Prison Movies." Sexuality & Culture, 7:4, 2003. 56-89.
    • English, Kim and Peggy Heil. "Prison Rape: What We Know Today." Corrections Compendium, 30:5, 2005. 1-5, 42 - 44.
    • Hensley, Christopher, Robert W. Dumond, Richard Tewksbury, and Doris A. Dumond. "Possible Solutions for Preventing Inmate Sexual Assault: Examining Wardens' Beliefs."  American Journal of Criminal Justice, 27:1, 2002. 19-33.
    • Hensley, Christopher, Mary Koscheski, and Richard Tewksbury. "The Impact of Institutional Factors on Officially Reported Sexual Assaults in Prisons." Sexuality & Culture, 7:4, 2003. 16-26.
    • Hensley, Christopher, Tammy Castle and Richard Tewksbury. "Sexual Coercion in a Southern Female Correctional Facility." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 37:2, 2002. 77-87.
    • Hensley, Christopher and Richard Tewksbury. "Inmate-to-Inmate Prison Sexuality: A Review of Empirical Studies." Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 3:3, 2002. 226-243.
    • Hensley, Christopher, Richard Tewksbury, and Mary Koscheski. "The Characteristics and Motivations Behind Female Prison Sex." Women & Criminal Justice, 3, 2002. 125-139.
    • McCampbell, Susan W. and Elizabeth Layman. "The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and Law Enforcement Agencies: What Every Law Enforcement Executive Needs to Know Instructor?s Guide, Lesson Plans and Resources." Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc. May 2007.
    • National Judicial College. "What Judges Need to Know About Prison Rape: The Prison Rape Elimination Act." CD-ROM (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2008).
    • National District Attorneys Association. "The Prosecution of Prison Rape and the Prison Rape Elimination Act: A Model Curriculum for Prosecutors and the Prosecution of Prison Rape: The Prison Rape Elimination Act." CD-ROM (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2008).
    • Sumner, Jennifer Macy and Kristy N. Matsuda. "Shining Light in Dark Corners: An Overview of Prison Rape Elimination Legislation and Introduction to Current Research." University of California, Irvine, 2006. (unpublished).
    • Wolff, N., Shi, J., Blitz, C. "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Types and Sources of Victimization Inside Prison." The Prison Journal, in press.
    • Worley, Robert, James W. Marquart and Janet L. Mullings. "Prison Guard Predators: An Analysis of Inmates Who Established Inappropriate Relationships with Prison Staff,1995-1998." Deviant Behavior, 24:2, 2003. 175-194.
    • Wolff, N., Shi, J., Blitz, C., Siegel, J. "Understanding Sexual Victimization Inside Prisons: Factors that Predict Risk." Criminology " Public Policy, 2007; 6(3):201-231.
    • Wolff, N., Shi, J., Bachman, R. "Measuring Victimization Inside Prison: Questioning the Questions." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, in press.
    • Wolff, N. Shi, J., Siegel, J. "Patterns of Victimization Among Male and Female Inmates: Evidence of an Enduring Legacy." Violence & Victims, in press.
    • Wolff, N., Shi, J. "Contextualization of Physical and Sexual Assault in Male Prisons: The Incidents and their Aftermath." Journal of Correctional Health Care, Volume 12 (1), in press.
    • Wolff, N., Shi, J. "Patterns of Victimization and Feelings of Safety Inside Prison: The Experience of Male and Female Inmates." Crime and Delinquency, in press.
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