General Qs
What does PREA stand for?
Prison Rape Elimination Act
Which staff does PREA effect?
EVERYONE!!! Probation officers, Counselors, Interns, Contractors, Volunteers, ALL YDF EMPLOYEES, etc.
According to PREA standards, a resident should be screened for risk level how long after being booked into custody?
24-72 hours. At YDF, it is upon intake within the first 24 hours.
A resident is given the zero-tolerance policy and how to report incidents or suspicions of sexual abuse or harassment how long after being brought into custody?
24 hours
These people have a right to be free from retaliation if they report incidents or sexual abuse or harassment
Who is any employee, contractor, volunteer, intern, or resident of YDF
What kind of tolerance policy does YDF have for sexual harassment or abuse?
ZERO TOLERANCE Policy
PREA affects these facilities
What are Confinement Facilities (24-hour lockup, courthouse lockup, juvenile detention centers, community confinement facilities, etc.)
A resident's risk level is reassessed after this many days
30 days
Where can residents find information about PREA and how to report?
On posters in every housing unit.
This percentage of men DO NOT report that they were raped
What is 90-95%
This U.S. President passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003
George W. Bush
Who do you contact in the event that a sexual assault has just occurred in your unit?
An on duty supervisor.
This tool is used to assess residents as they are admitted into custody in terms of risk for sexual abuse victimization or sexual abusiveness towards others
PREA Assessment
Where do residents first learn about PREA at YDF?
In the orientation unit, they watch a video that discusses PREA.
Examples of this kind of person would include: small stature, youth, inexperience with the CJ system, sexual orientation, hearing impaired
Potential victims
Any type of sexual contact involving two or more people when at least one of the involved people does not consent is considered this
Sexual assault
True or False, you will be held just as liable as a staff who sexually harassed/assaulted a resident if you knew about it and failed to report it?
True
This is the punishment for residents that refuse to report their mental, physical, developmental disability, or failure to report previous experiences of sexual victimization
NO PUNISHMENT: Residents cannot be disciplined in any way for refusing to respond to these questions
How soon do you need to report incidents of sexual abuse or harassment that occurred at YDF?
Immediately!!!!!!
Who can a resident report to if they were being sexually abused or assaulted?
Anyone. An officer, a volunteer, a clinician, and outside hotline. They are likely to report it to anyone they feel comfortable with. That is why everyone who works within YDF must understand reporting mandates, and act immediately!
Repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal comments, gestures, or actions of a derogatory or offensive sexual nature by one resident directed toward another is this
Sexual harassment
If you only suspect something has occurred, you should wait until you have facts to support your suspicion. True or False?
False. When in doubt, report it!
The initial risk screening considers this (please list 3 examples of what the risk screen considers)
Experience in previous facilities, social skill, feeling of risk, sexual orientation and or perception of it, history of victimization, intellectual impairment, mental health, physical appearance, features and behaviors of a resident, history of sexual assault or harassments.
These are signs that someone may have been sexually assaulted (please list one from each category: Physical, Emotional, and Behavioral)
What is... Physical: Change in sleep patterns, changes in appetite, poor concentration, feeling/acting numb or withdrawn, jumpy. Emotional: depression, guilt, anger, anxiety, fear. Behavioral: change in hygiene, acting out, requesting/refusing to change rooms, getting STD tested, self harm, suicidal thoughts/attempts.
These are red flags for perpetrators of sexual misconduct (please list at least 2 examples)
What is verbal harassment, grooming potential victims, blatant sexual harassment, prior history of sexual abuse towards others, past victimization by others, difficulty controlling anger, poor coping skills/strategies, voyeuristic/ exhibitionist behaviors