SOP_NUMBER: 208.06-att-17
TITLE: Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Offender Brochure (English)
DIVISION: Executive
TOPIC_AREA: 101 & 208 Policy-Compliance Unit
WORD_COUNT: 341
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/936683
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-17/

SUMMARY:
This brochure informs inmates about their rights and resources under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). It explains the four categories of sexual abuse and harassment prohibited in GDC facilities, describes victim support services available (including counseling, medical exams, protective custody, and victim advocacy), and provides clear instructions on how to report sexual assault through multiple methods including staff, hotline, email, or mail.

KEY_TOPICS: PREA, prison rape elimination, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, inmate protection, victim resources, reporting sexual assault, retaliation protection, protective custody, SANE exam, victim advocacy, staff misconduct, inmate rights, sexual harassment

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Sexual Abuse_Sexual Harassment Prison Rape Elimination Act Education Acknowledgement Statement
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-1/
  2. PREA Sexual Victim_Sexual Aggressor Classification Screening Instrument
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-2/
  3. PREA Disposition Offender Notification Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-3/
  4. Sexual Allegation Response Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-4/
  5. Procedure for SANE Evaluation/Forensic Collection
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-5/
  6. PREA Investigative Summary
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-6/
  7. PREA Local Procedure Directive and Coordinated Response Plan
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-7/
  8. Retaliation Monitoring Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-8/
  9. Sexual Abuse Incident Review Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-9/
  10. PREA Initial Notification Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-10/
  11. PREA Staffing Plan Template
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-11/
  12. PREA Victim Advocate Request Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-12/
  13. Contractor/Volunteer Verification Form – Sexual Abuse/Sexual Harassment (PREA)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-13/
  14. PREA Counseling Referral Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-14/
  15. Investigative File Summary Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-15/
  16. Investigative File Detail Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-16/
  17. Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Offender Brochure (English)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-17/
  18. PREA Offender Brochure (Spanish)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-18/
  19. Staff Guide on the Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Misconduct with Offenders
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/208.06-att-19/

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# **Prison Rape** **Offender**


## **_Victim Resources_**

**Americans with Disabilities (ADA)**
Disabled inmates have resources available
through facility staff or the ADA/LEP
Coordinator’s Office.

**Limited English Proficient (LEP)**
Resources available for non-English
speaking inmates include a facility
language line and access to the ADA/LEP
Coordinator’s office.

**Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner**
**(SANE)**
Victims have the right to be examined by
an outside SANE or to refuse such services.

**Counseling Services**
Prior victims and aggressors of sexual
abuse will be offered follow-up counseling.

**Protective Custody**
Protective custody is available for ~~your~~
safety but is not automatic based on victim
status.

**Retaliation Monitor**
Retaliation Monitors help ensure anyone
reporting or cooperating in an inve ~~stigation~~
is free from retaliation.

**Victim Advocacy**
Inmates have the right to request an
advocate to provide support through the
investigative process and SANE exam.

**Inmate Notification**
GDC staff is required to notify victims of
the disposition of their cases upon
conclusion of the investigation.


## **_Four PREA Categories_**

1. **Inmate/Inmate Sexual Abuse**

includes any of the following, if the victim
does not consent, is coerced into such act
or is unable to consent or refuse:
a. Penetration;
b. Oral sex;
c. Any intentional touching of a sexual

nature.

2. **Staff/Inmate Sexual Abuse** includes:



a. Penetration;
b. Oral sex;
c. Any intentional touching of a sexual



nature;
d. An attempt, threat, or request to



engage in activities described in a-c of
this section;
e. Display of staff member’s uncovered

genitalia, buttocks, or breast;
f. Voyeurism.

~~3.~~ ~~**Inmate/Inmate Sexual Harassment**~~

~~includes repeated and unwelcome:~~
a. Sexual advances;
~~b.~~ ~~Requests for sexual favors;~~
~~c.~~ ~~Sexual comments, gestures, or actions.~~


4. **Staff/Inmate Sexual Harassment**

~~includes repeated sexual comments or~~
gestures to:
a. Gender;
b. body/clothing

c. Obscene language


## **_If you have been_** **_sexually assaulted,_**

1. Get to a safe place.


2. Preserve the evidence: Don’t use the

bathroom, brush your teeth, shower, or
change your clothes.


3. Report it, even if you don’t have any

evidence.

## **_Methods of Reporting_**

1. Tell any staff member.


2. Report using the PREA Hotline.


3. JPAY email.


4. Mail