State Juvenile Justice Prison Rape Elimination Act Project

Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in 2003 with unanimous support from both parties. Congress intended that PREA would provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape. Texas’ objectives are to (1) improve supervision and monitoring capabilities of local facilities by funding cameras and other observation and tracking equipment, (2) improve staff awareness and response to complaints and incidents of sexual assault, abuse and harassment by funding staff training, (3) improve PREA-related planning and reporting functions by funding data management systems, and (4) meet PREA audit standards for jail facilities by funding PREA-required audits.
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