General Qs
What does PREA stand for?
Prison Rape Elimination Act
Which staff does PREA effect?
EVERYONE!!! Admin, Counselors, Interns, Contractors, Volunteers, ALL PYSC EMPLOYEES, etc.
According to PREA standards, a youth should be screened for risk level how long after being taken into custody?
Completed upon intake.
A youth 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?
At intake
These people have a right to be free from retaliation if they report incidents or sexual abuse or harassment
Any employee, contractor, volunteer, intern, or youth at PYSC
What kind of tolerance policy does PYSC/DYS have for sexual harassment or abuse?
ZERO TOLERANCE Policy
True or False: Immediately after a PREA incident you should separate the victim and have them shower.
False
A youth's risk level is reassessed within how many months?
6
Where can youth find information about PREA and how to report?
Posters in every pod.
Who is our PREA compliance manager?
C Corley
What year was the Prison Rape Elimination Act passed
2003
Who do you contact in the event that a sexual assault has just occurred in your pod?
The on duty supervisor.
This tool is used to assess youth as they are admitted into custody in terms of risk for sexual abuse victimization or sexual abusiveness towards others
PREA Assessment / VAI- Vulnerability assessment instrument.
Where do youth first learn about PREA at PYC?
They watch a video that discusses PREA on intake.
Examples of this kind of person would include: small stature, inexperience with the youth judicial system, sexual orientation, hearing impaired.
Potential victims
Any type of sexual contact involving two or more people is considered this
Sexual assault
True or False, you will be held just as liable as a staff who sexually harassed/assaulted a youth if you knew about it and failed to report it?
True
True or False: A youth who is an SAB can be roomed next to a VV
False
How soon do you need to report incidents of sexual abuse or harassment that occur?
Immediately!!!!!!
Who can a youth report to if they were being sexually abused or assaulted?
Anyone. A staff, a volunteer, a clinician, and the outside hotline. They are likely to report it to anyone they feel comfortable with. That is why everyone who works within PYSC 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 VAI/PREA 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 youth, 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