the annual report
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires we, as a juvenile detention facility, collect accurate, uniform data for every allegation of sexual abuse at our facility using a standardized instrument and set of definitions. This info shall be aggregated at least annually. The data collected shall include, at a minimum, the data necessary to answer all questions from the most recent version of the Survey of Sexual Violence conducted by the Department of Justice.
We will maintain, review, and collect data as needed from all available incident-based documents, including reports, investigation files, and sexual abuse incident reviews. Upon request, the agency shall provide all such data from the previous calendar year to the Department of Justice no later than June 30.
PREA also requires that we review the collected data to see if any corrective action is necessary. We review data collected and aggregated pursuant to §115.387 to assess and improve the effectiveness of its sexual abuse prevention, detection, and response policies, practices, and training.
This report shall include a comparison of the current year's data and corrective actions with those from prior years and shall provide an assessment of the agency's progress in addressing sexual abuse. the report is approved by the Superintendent and made readily available to the public through our website.
There may be some information redacted when publication would present a clear and specific threat to the safety and security of the facility, but must indicate the nature of the material redacted.
We make all aggregated sexual abuse data readily available to the public at least annually through our website. Before making data publicly available, we will remove all personal identifiers. We maintain sexual abuse data collected pursuant to §115.387 for at least 10 years after the date of its initial collection unless Federal, State or local law requires otherwise.
