A curated PREA resource library for facility staff.

Implementation guides from the PREA Resource Center

Twenty-nine guides, toolkits, and fact sheets, grouped by the part of your compliance program they serve.

Getting Started & Program Planning

• PREA Project Planning Guide
  The starting point for any facility building or rebuilding its PREA program — how to plan, sequence, and sustain implementation.
  All standards · All facility types
• PREA Compliance Manager Orientation Guide
  If you've just been handed the PCM role, start here — the orientation every new Compliance Manager should read first.
  § 115.11
• Implementing PREA: A Toolkit for Jails
  Implementation guidance scaled to county jail operations and resources.
  All standards · Prisons & Jails
• PREA and Police Lockups: A Blueprint for Implementation
  The lockup standards differ meaningfully from the jail standards — this blueprint walks law enforcement agencies through them.
  All standards · Lockups
• Preventing and Responding to Corrections-Based Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Community Corrections Professionals
  Written for the community confinement world — halfway houses, work release, and residential programs.
  Community Confinement
• Implementing PREA: A Toolkit for Juvenile Agencies and Facilities
  The juvenile-standards counterpart to the jail toolkit.
  All standards · Juvenile

Policy, Staffing & Prevention

• Considerations for PREA Policy Review — Adult Prisons and Jails
  A standard-by-standard worksheet for reviewing your policies before an auditor does — one of the most practical pre-audit tools the PRC offers.
  All standards · Prisons & Jails
• Considerations for Policy Review — Juvenile Corrections
  The juvenile-facility version of the policy review worksheet.
  All standards · Juvenile
• Developing and Implementing a PREA-Compliant Staffing Plan
  The staffing plan is one of the most commonly cited deficiencies in audits — this guide shows how to build one that holds up.
  § 115.13
• Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: Policy Development Guide for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators
  Foundational policy guidance on preventing and addressing staff sexual misconduct.
  Prisons & Jails

Screening, Housing & Education

• Guidelines for Screening for Risk of Sexual Victimization and for Abusiveness
  How to build and use a screening instrument that satisfies the risk-screening standards.
  §§ 115.41–.42
• Keeping Vulnerable Populations Safe under PREA: Alternative Strategies to the Use of Segregation
  Protective options beyond segregation — an area auditors look at closely.
  §§ 115.41–.43, 115.68 · Prisons & Jails
• PREA and Inmate Education: A Resource Guide
  Meeting the inmate/resident education standard with materials people actually understand.
  § 115.33
• An End to Silence: Inmates' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Abuse (3rd Ed.)
  A plain-language handbook written for incarcerated people themselves.
  All facility types
• Third-Party Reporting Under the PREA Standards: A Fact Sheet for Corrections Officials
  What the third-party reporting standards require and how to publicize the option.
  §§ 115.51, 115.54
• AJA Fact Bulletins
  American Jail Association bulletins on PREA topics from reporting to the audit standards.
  §§ 115.15–115.405 (selected)

Investigations

• Credibility Assessments in Investigations — Deliverable Guide
  How investigators should weigh credibility — central to defensible findings in every administrative investigation.
  §§ 115.71, 115.86
• Investigating Sexual Assault and Sex-Related Crimes in Confinement Settings: Guidance for Criminal Investigators
  For the law enforcement side of confinement investigations.
  §§ 115.34, 115.71

Victim & Survivor Services

• Partnering with Community Sexual Assault Response Teams
  Building SART partnerships for community confinement and juvenile facilities — the foundation of a coordinated response.
  §§ 115.21, .31, .64, .65, .86
• Sample Memorandum of Understanding — Outside Support Services
  A template MOU for victim advocacy partnerships — auditors will ask for yours.
  § 115.53
• Building Partnerships Between Rape Crisis Centers and Correctional Facilities
  Practical guidance for both sides of the victim-services partnership.
  §§ 115.21, .51, .53
• Providing a Coordinated, Victim-Centered Response to Reports of Corrections-Based Sexual Assault
  The coordinated-response model from first report through investigation.
  §§ 115.21, .64, .65
• Evaluating the Work of SANE Programs in the Criminal Justice System
  A toolkit on forensic examiner programs and their role in the response standards.
  §§ 115.21, .81, .82
• Meeting the Needs of Prison Rape Victims: A Guide for Sexual Assault Counselors and Advocates
  For community advocates serving incarcerated survivors.
  Adult facilities
• Hope Behind Bars: An Advocate's Guide to Helping Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Detention
  Survivor-centered advocacy in detention settings.
  §§ 115.21, 115.53
• Making PREA and Victim Services Accessible for Incarcerated People With Disabilities
  Implementing §115.16's equal-access requirement in practice.
  §§ 115.16, .33, .41, .51, .53

Special Settings

• A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform: Juvenile Detention Facility Assessment
  Facility self-assessment for juvenile detention.
  Juvenile
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe: Creating a Model for PREA Implementation (full-length video)
  A case study in tribal facility implementation.
  Tribal · Juvenile · Video
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe: Creating a Model for PREA Implementation (short video)
  The condensed version of the case study above.
  Tribal · Juvenile · Video

Standard-by-standard briefs

The PRC's Standards in Focus series breaks down individual standards with best practices and implementation tips. Twenty-seven briefs are available — find yours by standard number.

Prevention Planning · §§ 115.11–115.18

Responsive Planning · §§ 115.21–115.22

Training & Education · §§ 115.31–115.34

Reporting · §§ 115.51–115.54

Official Response · §§ 115.61–115.67

Investigations · §§ 115.71–115.78

Medical Care & Incident Review · §§ 115.81–115.86