Wilson County, Kansas - PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA)

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What is PREA

· The Prison Rape Elimination Act, 2003 (PREA) is a Federal law that was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2003. The law was created to address the problem of sexual misconduct within confinement facilities.

National PREA standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual harassment were released by the Department of Justice in 2012.

PREA prohibits sexual misconduct in correctional facilities such as prisons, jails, lockups, and juvenile facilities.

PREA PRISON RAPE ELIMINAITON ACT 2003

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Prevention & Planning * Supervision & Monitoring * Cross-gender Viewing & Searches

Employee Volunteer Training & Dicipline * Inmate Screening Orientation Education

Reporting Sexual Assault & Sexual Harrassment Incidences * Coordinated Response

Investigations * Medical & Mental Health Care * Data Collection Review & Retension

Wilson County Addendum to PREA Standards * Employee Hiring & Promotion Practices

Housing * Audits * Wilson County Sexual Assault-Harrassment Policy

Wilson County Sheriff PREA Data Collection Summary

PREA Audit Final Report Dated 8-5-2020

ZERO TOLERANCE

· WILSON COUNTY JAIL HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL CONDUCT BETWEEN INMATES AND STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, OR OTHER INMATES.

· WILSON COUNTY JAIL WILL INVESTIGATE ALL ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN A FAIR, PROFESSIONAL, AND CONFIDENTIAL MANNER.

· ALL WILSON COUNTY JAIL STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND CONTRACTORS RECEIVE EDUCATION ON OUR ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AND HOW TO REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.