The Department shall incorporate the Prison Rape Elimination Act National Standards into
Administrative Orders and Standard Operating Procedures, and such standards shall include,
but not be - Answers limited to prevention planning, education, risk screening, official response,
investigations, discipline, medical care, mental health care, reporting procedures, tracking, data
review
There shall be zero tolerance for any form of sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, and such
procedures shall include prompt and effective intervention to - Answers address the safety and
treatment needs of an inmate victim, and the investigation, discipline and prosecution of the
aggressor(s).
: A facility in which individuals reside as part of a term of imprisonment while participating in
gainful employment, employment search efforts, community service, vocation training,
treatment, and educational programs - Answers Community Confinement
: A person who's sexual or reproductive anatomy or chromosomal pattern does not seem to fit
typical definitions of male or female. Intersex medical conditions are sometimes referred to as
disorders of sex development - Answers Intersex
: A temporary confinement facility that contains holding cells, cell blocks, or other secure
enclosure under the control of a law enforcement, court, or custodial officer. - Answers Lockup
: Prison Rape Elimination Act. - Answers PREA
: An upper-level, agency-wide coordinator with sufficient time and authority to develop,
implement, and oversee agency efforts to comply with the PREA standards - Answers PREA
Coordinator
: Staff with sufficient time and authority to coordinate the Department's efforts to comply with
PREA. - Answers PREA Compliance Manager
: Sexual abuse of an inmate, detainee, or resident by another inmate, detainee, or resident
includes any of the following acts, if the victim does not consent, is coerced into such act by
overt or implied threats of violence, or is unable to consent or refuse: - Answers Sexual Abuse
by an Inmate
if the victim does not consent, is coerced into such act by overt or implied threats of violence, or
is unable to consent or refuse:
1. Contact between the penis and the vulva or the penis and the anus, including penetration,
however slight.
2. Contact between the mouth and the penis, vulva, or anus.
, 3. Penetration of the anal or genital opening of another person, however slight, by a hand, finger,
object, or other instrument.
4. Any other intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus,
groin, breast, inner thigh, or the buttocks of another person, excluding contact incidental to a
physical altercation - Answers Sexual Abuse by an Inmate
Sexual abuse of an inmate, detainee, or resident by a staff member, contractor, or volunteer
includes any of the following acts, with or without consent of the inmate, detainee, or resident: -
Answers Sexual Abuse by Staff, Visitors, Contractors, or Volunteers:
Contact between the penis and the vulva or the penis and the anus, including penetration,
however slight.
2. Contact between the mouth and the penis, vulva, or anus.
3. Contact between the mouth and any body part where the staff member, contractor, or
volunteer has the intent to abuse, arouse, or gratify sexual desire
4. Penetration of the anal or genital opening, however slight, by a hand, finger, or object, that is
unrelated to official duties or where the staff member, contractor, or volunteer has the intent to
abuse, arouse, or gratify sexual desire.
5. Any other intentional contact, either directly or through the clothing, with the genitalia, anus,
groin, breast, inner thigh, or the buttocks, that is unrelated to official duties or where the staff
member, contractor, or volunteer has the intent to abuse, arouse, or gratify sexual desire.
6. Any attempt, threat, or request by a staff member, contractor, or volunt - Answers Sexual
Abuse by Staff, Visitors, Contractors, or Volunteers:
: Repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, request for favors, or verbal comments, gestures,
or actions of a derogatory or offensive sexual nature by one inmate, detainee, or resident
directed toward another. Repeated verbal comments or gestures of a sexual nature to an
inmate, detainee, or resident by a staff member, contractor, or volunteer, including demeaning
references to gender, sexually suggestive or derogatory comments about body or clothing, or
obscene language or gestures - Answers Sexual Harassment
A person whose gender identity (e.g., internal sense of feeling male or female) is different from
the person's assigned sex at birth. - Answers Transgender:
: Invasion of privacy of an inmate, detainee, or resident by staff, contractor, or volunteer for
reasons unrelated to official duties, such as peering at an inmate who is using a toilet in his or
her cell to perform bodily functions; requiring an inmate to expose his or her buttocks, genitals,
or breasts; or taking images of all or part of an inmate's naked body or of an inmate performing
bodily functions. - Answers Voyeurism