Laying the Groundwork: PREA and Inmate Education in Jails, Part I
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Event Time [listed by timezone]:
10:00am-11:30am Pacific Daylight Time
11:00am-12:30pm Mountain Daylight Time
12:00pm-1:30pm Central Daylight Time
1:00pm-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time
Description: This new webinar for local corrections officials will cover how to set up inmate education programs in jails that are compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. The session, which is being presented jointly by the National PREA Resource Center and Just Detention International, will focus on the measures in the PREA standards that require jails to adopt comprehensive sexual abuse awareness programs for new arrivals and current inmates.
This training, the first of a two-part series on inmate education in jails, will give an overview of the different ways to implement inmate education programs. Captain John Johnson, who heads up the Compliance, Inspections and Accreditation Bureau Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, and is incoming Third Vice President of the American Jail Association, will address the importance of such programs in maintaining safe facilities, their impact on institutional culture, and ways to garner buy-in from staff and inmates alike.
The webinar will also feature talks from leading corrections experts in the fields of inmate education and sexual abuse prevention. The training will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
Crafting Your Program: PREA and Inmate Education in Jails, Part II
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Event Time [listed by timezone]:
10:00am-11:30am Pacific Daylight Time
11:00am-12:30pm Mountain Daylight Time
12:00pm-1:30pm Central Daylight Time
1:00pm-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time
Description: This webinar -- the second in a two-part series -- will cover how to implement inmate education programs in jails that are compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. The session, which is being presented jointly by the National PREA Resource Center and Just Detention International, will focus on crafting comprehensive sexual abuse awareness programs for new arrivals and inmates who are pretrial or already serving a sentence.
Attendees will learn strategies for developing effective inmate education programs in the short-term stay environment of jails, including how to overcome common challenges. Corrections officials and representatives from the inmate peer education program with the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department will share their experiences of creating and implementing such programs.
The presenters will also explain how to develop a successful curriculum for staff-led inmate education program. The training will conclude with a question-and-answer session.