Evaluating the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (Prea): A “Lessons Learned” Approach

Smith, Hayden P.

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101855

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“…to effectively implement PREA” (Smith, 2020a, p. 3). Next, focus groups with 30 incarcerated persons were conducted in which respondents rejected stereotypical portrayals of prison rape and lauded the training program for the level of information (and feeling of safety, resources, and reporting responses) it provided (Smith, 2020b). Finally, telephone interview data were collected from a convenience sample of 33 frontline correctional staff who also overwhelmingly praised the program.…”

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An Assessment of the Knowledge, Support, and Behavior Surrounding the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act

Smith

Ferdik

Dunton

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was designed to eliminate from corrections systems all acts of sexual violence. PREA’s success will be determined by whether corrections staff and incarcerated persons support this law, understand its legal elements, and are enforcing it according to it’s original intentions. To date, few studies have examined whether members of both populations do indeed support PREA, and whether they are enforcing it correctly. To explore these issues, questionnaire data were collected from corrections staff ( N = 222) and incarcerated persons ( N = 490) housed in three medium-level security prisons located in the southeastern United States. While both groups expressed personal support for PREA, neither perceived the other as supportive of this law. Moreover, while an overwhelming majority of each sample responded correctly to questions about PREA, there were some incorrect answers too, specifically with regard to mandatory reporting procedures. Policy implications are discussed.

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Section: Research On Preamentioning

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An Assessment of the Knowledge, Support, and Behavior Surrounding the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act

Smith

Ferdik

Dunton

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…The women who reported the abuse formally did so directly to parole officers, to internal investigators, and others, but described confusion about navigating a system they did not understand. PREA has made strides in this area, creating confidential reporting mechanisms in prisons, allowing access to mental and physical health resources, and mandating audits and national data collection (Rantala, 2018;Smith, 2020). However, these changes have not been uniformly implemented on parole.…”

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“…Rape and other types of sexual assault perpetrated against incarcerated women by correctional staff have received both national and international attention (Culley, 2012;Human Rights Watch, 1996;Siegal, 1991;Smith, 2020). This abuse (referred to formally as staff sexual misconduct) encompasses a wide range of behaviors, including privacy violations, sexual harassment, indecent exposure, inappropriate touching, and oral, vaginal, and anal penetration (Beck et al, 2013).…”

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“Terrified of a System I Didn’t Understand”: Reporting Staff Sexual Misconduct Against Women on Parole

Darcy

Fedock

Kubiak

2021

Feminist Criminology

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Incarcerated women experience staff-perpetrated sexual victimization at high rates, yet limited research exists regarding women’s experiences of this victimization while on probation and parole, particularly regarding their formal reporting decisions. This qualitative study explored the formal reporting decisions for 10 women who experienced staff-perpetrated sexual victimization while on parole. Women who formally reported their victimization experiences qualitatively differed from non-reporting women in terms of the dynamics and their identification of victimization (e.g., viewing as support vs. fear) and in the types of structural barriers (e.g., vulnerability and cautionary tales) they encountered. These findings highlight policy, practice, theory, and research directions.

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“…The term correctional institution can be equated with resocialization with the understanding that everything is placed in the Indonesian cultural system with the values that apply in Indonesian society (Sumpter, Wardhani, & Priyanto, 2021). Based on this, correctional facilities, both in terms of systems, institutions, coaching methods, and correctional officers, are an inseparable part of a series of law enforcement processes (Smith, 2020). The position of the correctional institution as a coaching institution in the criminal justice system is very strategic in realizing the ultimate goal of the criminal justice system, namely the rehabilitation and resocialization of lawbreakers, even to the suppression of crime.…”

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Implementation of Provision of Assimilation in the Time of Covid-19 for Prisoners

Wijanarko

2022

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A criminal act committed by a person does not eliminate his human dignity, so that his position as a prisoner does not prevent him from getting guaranteed protection and fulfillment of human rights. This provision then animates the existence of a correctional system with a set of accompanying legal instruments, including a coaching system which is embodied in the form of an assimilation program. As part of the prisoner development system, the implementation of assimilation has faced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Departing from the description above, the researcher intends to conduct research related to the implementation of assimilation during the COVID-19 pandemic by placing the research locus in Cipinang Class I Prison. The objectives to be achieved in this research are: 1) Knowing the process of providing assimilation for prisoners in Cipinang Class I Correctional Institution; 2) Knowing the impact resulting from the provision of assimilation for prisoners in the Cipinang Class I Correctional Institution. The type of research used in this study is empirical legal research which bases research on findings in the field, so the approach used in this research is a sociological juridical approach. The results of this study are first, the implementation of assimilation in Cipinang Class 1 Prison is based on the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Number 10 of 2020. Based on this legal source, Cipinang Class 1 Prison has given as many as 533 assimilation rights to prisoners. Second, the provision of assimilation carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic subsequently brought positive and negative impacts at the same time

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Evaluating the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (Prea): A “Lessons Learned” Approach

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

An Assessment of the Knowledge, Support, and Behavior Surrounding the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act

An Assessment of the Knowledge, Support, and Behavior Surrounding the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act

“Terrified of a System I Didn’t Understand”: Reporting Staff Sexual Misconduct Against Women on Parole

Implementation of Provision of Assimilation in the Time of Covid-19 for Prisoners

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