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The Maine Department of Corrections is pleased to host the : 15 th Bi-Annual Adult and Juvenile Female Offender Conference October 6-10, 2013 Holiday Inn by the Bay Portland, Maine Please check out the website at: www.ajfo.org REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Sponsor and Exhibitor registration is also open...
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Greetings, I'm putting together a report examining policies on the use of force and restraints in our juvenile detention centers. Specifically, we're looking for policies, procedures, trainings, etc. that can be put in place that will decrease the number of incidents resulting in a use of force...
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The video can be downloaded at: http://vimeo.com/26700677 Also the National PREA Resource Workgroup withother resources, links, newsletters about PREA materials is http://cms.oregon.gov/oya/pages/prea/prearesources.aspx If you are not a member, it is free. just send contact information prea.coordinator...
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I have a request that I hope you will pass on to the part of your agency that is concerned with camera placement and security. We are in the midst of a statewide facility planning project for camera placement. Oregon Youth Authority is 10 facilities and around 800 youth. Here is a website about our facilities...
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PREA Standards require screening for risk of victimization and abusiveness. Wh at you are using to satisfy this standard. We have been asked about using the SAVY http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ms/forms/20_222.pdf . I cannot find where it is validated. Does anyone know? Does anyone use a validated vulnerability...
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The 2nd Annual Texas Juvenile Justice Summit will take place in Austin, Texas, June 25 to June 29, 2012. There will be national speakers such as Shay Bilchik former Director of the OJJDP to talk about collaboration and Dr. Linda Dahlberg from the CDC to talk about Violence Prevention. There are also...
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The Diana Screen--Child Protection Test A National PREA REsource workgroup member asks the following: Greetings everyone, I was curious if any of you are familiar with the Diana Screen tool used for screening staff that should not work with children. Your input is appreciated. I have attached information...
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We are working on a PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act)contractors training. These would be medical doctors, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, interns, Nurses, Licensed treatment providers, unlicensed contractors with direct youth contact, community reintegration...
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One of our PREA REsource workgroup members sent us the following questions. I wanted to put it out to all of you who might have a program that you are finding successful. We are looking for a educational program that assists in stopping offenders who frequently show up in incident reports as sexually...
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Hi Angela, I am the PREA Coordinator for Oregon Youth Authority, for the state of Oregon. We have formed a national PREA workgroup that is addressing just the kinds of issue you brought up. Consisting of states working together to share resources, questions and information, we make up NPR-WORK National...