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Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
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The goal of this program is to support efforts in the confinement facilities that are covered by the PREA Standards to achieve compliance with the standards. The program’s objectives are to: 1. Reduce sexual abuse in confinement facilities. 2. Increase staff capacity for preventing sexual abuse in confinement facilities. 3. Promote integration of the PREA standards into the day-to-day operations and cultures of confinement facilities. 4. Identify and document innovations and promising practices in order to inform similar efforts across the nation. 5. Create cultures of “zero tolerance” for sexual abuse in confinement facilities. Performance Measure 1: Number of assistance requests from the field (i.e., state, local, and tribal) related to PREA implementation responded to by the PREA Resource Center; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of PREA Audits completed of confinement facilities.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
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Since FY 2011, BJA has made more than 100 competitive grant awards to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions across the nation under the PREA Demonstration Grant Program. Totaling more than $35 million, these grants are intended to promote the implementation of zero tolerance cultures in confinement facilities related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and to support efforts to achieve compliance with the PREA Standards. BJA anticipates making awards under this program in FY 2020 totaling up to $4,500,000. Visit https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/fy2020-prea-grant-impact.pdf for a list of awards.
BJA awarded $3.4 million through the FY 2021 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities Program. 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 standards.
State of the PREA Nation Since the first submissions in 2014, there has been an upward trend in the number of states and territories submitting certifications of full compliance, whereas the number of jurisdictions opting to submit neither a certification nor an assurance has decreased. The Bureau of Justice Assistance’s State PREA Submission website provides a map that reflects Governors’ submissions for each audit year in a 3-year cycle and links to final PREA audit reports on confinement facilities identified by state and territorial Governors as under their operational control. See: https://data.ojp.usdoj.gov/stories/s/e58i-aehm
This program has trained over 300 individuals to become certified Department of Justice PREA auditors. These auditors have since conducted over 9,000 PREA audits of facilities including prisons, jails, juvenile confinement, lockups, and community confinement facilities. In addition, this program has funded free training and technical assistance to assist confinement agencies and facilities to better equip them to comply with the PREA Standards and promote sexually safe environments. In FY24, this program created a national training curriculum and training on conducting administrative investigations into allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment that will be provided to every state department of corrections in the United States.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
