Operational Support

ODOC requested training on implementing the PREA Standards pertaining to LGBTI and GNC inmates. Specifically, they requested a review of a current online training curriculum, a short online training video that will be available to all staff, a long training webinar for select staff, and a review of specific policies and procedures with recommendations.

The Erie County Sheriff's Office (ECSO), 10 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo, NY 14202, requested a review of two policy documents pertaining to transgender, intersex, gender nonconforming, and non-binary inmates: ?Transgender, Intersex, Gender Non-
binary & Gender Non-conforming inmates? and ?Gender Preference Request Form. These policies were drafted, in part, due to government oversight, impending changes in state law, and
local litigation pertaining to the treatment of transgender, intersex, gender nonconforming, and
non-binary inmates.

To assist BJA in their continual evaluation of the PIECP Program, NCIA will research and compile a report that reflects the progress of certificate holders participating in PIECP and the overall growth of the program. This document will include statistics and graphs in the following areas: number of PIECP certificates, number of cost accounting centers, total inmates employed, cost accounting centers by type/model, gross wages, deductions and net wages.

NCIA will compile data and complete an evaluative summation regarding the number of PIECP workers who obtain post-release empoyment as they transition back into the community. Despite previous reporting that CI programs do not track post-release employment for PIECP workers separate from all CI workers, NCIA identified one PIECP certificate holder that indicated they were tracking PIECP workers separately. NCIA hopes to identify their system and then provide training/technical assistance to other certificate holders in replicating it.

Operated the recertification process for auditors who were due to be recertified on December 31, 2020. This includes communicating with auditors on a regular basis, tracking completion of recertification requirements, and administering the recertification exam, in addition to coordinating with the PREA Management Office to send status notices to auditors.

The PRC executed the decertification process when decertification of an auditor was issued by DOJ. 29 auditors were decertified and 5 auditors voluntarily surrendered their certification between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

The auditor feedback form is comprised of complaints submitted to the PRC from various sources of information pertaining to PREA audits. I.E Victim advocates, corrections staff, PREA Coordinators etc. These complaints are reviewed regularly by the PRC, and BJA. Certain complaints are referred to PMO for a more in depth review depending upon the nature of the complaint.

Number of Auditor Feedback Form submissions received, reviewed, and referred to PMO: 18

Subject matter experts on PRC staff operate an auditor helpdesk designated for PREA auditors to ask questions about an audit, the audit process, the continuing education learning management system, or standards interpretation. Each PRC staff person who contributes is responsible for responding to queries on one or more days per week.
The PRC closed 158 helpline cases in the reporting period.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office in Madison, Wisconsin requested the PREA Resource Center provide technical assistance in review of the design for a new confinement facility and evaluate the planned facility layouts and cells including PREA screens on toilet areas to ensure they will meet PREA standards. PREA Resource Center requested Mr. David Haasenritter assess the design plans against Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Prison and Jail Standards.
Title of TA: Review Proposed Dane County Sheriff's Office Design
TA Deliverables/Timeline/Budget:

As the pilot sites begin to implement the training in their agencies the IACP and PENN teams have provided evaluations for both attendees and trainer to take to evaluate how the training as whole went. The evaluation will provide attendees to list the benefits of the program and other things that well as well as allowing them to identify areas of improvement for future trainings of this material.