Prison Rape Elimination Act

2024 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2024 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed 2026 in-service training curriculum based on statistics and needs.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continue PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as annual training requirement for all other employees.
  
• Continue to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff, as well as offering opportunities for specialized training to other staff members.
  
• Continued focus on developing staff skills for early prevention, detection, response.
  
• Training provided to newly assigned PREA Compliance Managers.
  
• Regular meetings and trainings conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.
• Continue to train all inmates on their rights to be free from sexual abuse.
• Increase response training.
• Continue to develop relationships with advocate service providers for inmates.

2023 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2023 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed 2025 in-service training curriculum based on statistics and needs.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continue PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as annual training requirement for all other employees.
  
• Continue to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff, as well as offering opportunities for specialized training to other staff members.
  
• Continued focus on developing staff skills for early prevention, detection, response.
  
• Training provided to newly assigned PREA Compliance Managers.
  
• Regular meetings and trainings conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.
• Continue to train all inmates on their rights to be free from sexual abuse.
• Increase response training.
• Continue to develop relationships with advocate service providers for inmates.

2022 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2022 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed 2024 in-service training curriculum based on statistics.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continue PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as annual training requirement for all other employees.
  
• Continue to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff.
  
• Continued focus on developing staff skills for early prevention, detection, response.
  
• Training provided to newly assigned PREA Compliance Managers.
  
• Semi-annual meetings and training conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.

2021 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2021 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed 2022 in-service training curriculum based on statistics from 2021.
  
• Continued Gender Specific training conducted for staff when transitioning to a different gender facility.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continue required PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual in-service training requirement for all other employees.
  
• Continue to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff.
  
• Continued focus on developing staff skills for early prevention.
• Specialized training for newly promoted PREA Compliance Managers.
  
• Semi-annual meetings and training conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.

2020 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2020 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed  in-service training curriculum based on statistics.
  
• Continued Gender Specific training conducted for staff when transitioning to a different gender facility.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continue required PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirements for all other employees.
  
• Increase the specialized medical training requirement.
  
• Continued focus on developing skills for early prevention.
• Training provided to newly assigned PREA Compliance Managers.
  
• Semi-annual meetings and training conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.

2019 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2019 Corrective Action:

• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
  
• Developed 2020 In-service training curriculum based on statistics from 2018.
  
• Continued Gender Specific training conducted for staff when transitioning to a different gender facility.
  
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
  
• Continued required PREA classroom and virtual training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training.
  
• requirement for all other employees.
  
• Continued to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff.
  
• Continued focus on developing skills for early prevention.
  
• Semi-annual meetings and training conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.

2018 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2018 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2018 Corrective Action: 

• Semi-annual meetings and training conducted for PREA Compliance Managers.
• Conduct facility specific site visits based on substantiated incidents.
• Developed 2019 In-service training curriculum based on statistics from 2017 and 2018.
• Continued Gender Specific training conducted for staff when transitioning to a different gender facility.
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
• Enhancement of video surveillance, privacy screens, and other physical plant modifications.
• Continued required PREA classroom training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirement for all other employees.
• Continued to conduct specialized PREA training for investigative and medical staff.

2017 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2017 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2017 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
• Enhancement of video surveillance, privacy screens, and other physical plant modifications.
• Continued required PREA classroom training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirement for all other employees.
• Continued to conduct specialized PREA training for staff and held joint training for community advocates and ODOC employees.

2016 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2016 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2016 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
• Enhancement of video surveillance, privacy screens, and other physical plant modifications.
• Continued required PREA classroom training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirement for all other employees.
• Continued to conduct specialized PREA training for staff.

2015 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2015 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2015 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• Continued internal facility PREA assessments and Audits conducted by Department of Justice certified PREA Auditors.
• Continued technology increases and additions of privacy screens, and other physical plant modifications.
• Continued required PREA classroom training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirement for all other employees.
• Held Trauma Informed Victim Services training provided by Just Detention International (JDI) for ODOC employees, Community Victim's Advocates, and Contract facilities.
• Continued to conduct specialized PREA training to female staff on effective boundaries with offenders.
• Opened male youthful offenders housing unit at Joseph Harp Correctional Center.

2014 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2014 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2014 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• GTL Offender PREA reporting hotlines installed and monitored at all Department of Corrections and Contract Facilities.
• Increased PREA resource information provided to offenders during facility PREA orientation.
• Technology increases and additions of privacy screens, panels and other physical plant modifications.
• Continued required PREA classroom training for all new ODOC employees as well as an annual training requirement for all other employees.
• Continued internal facility PREA assessments as well as Department of Justice PREA audits conducted at ODOC and contract facilities.
• Statewide training to increase knowledge in the area of providing trauma informed services to offender victims was conducted for agency and contract staff as well as statewide rape advocate partners.

2013 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2013 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2013 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• Required PREA training continued for all ODOC employees, contractors and volunteers in 2013, and was specified as an annual training requirement for all employees.
• Specialized PREA training on investigations in confinement settings was provided by the PREA Resource Center for all Office of Inspector General Agents.
• Specialized PREA training was provided for mental health and medical personnel, Probation and Parole Officers, and female staff.
• A multi-point reporting system was established which allows offenders, staff, or third parties to report sexual assault/abuse either verbally, anonymously by phone, or by email.

2012 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for ODOC

2012 Annual Report of Sexual Violence for the ODOC Contracted Private Prisons

2012 PREA Analysis/Corrective Action for the ODOC

• Required PREA training was provided to all ODOC employees, contractors, and volunteers in 2012.
• PREA policy, as well as other agency policies and procedures, were revised in accordance with PREA compliance standards to prevent, detect and respond to PREA incidents.
• PREA training was provided for state contract jails as well as community rape advocate groups.
• A full time PREA coordinator was appointed for ODOC in 2012.