Links
National PREA Sites
An End to Silence: http://www.wcl.american.edu/nic/
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC): http://www.nprec.us/ The Commission was created by Congress as part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Commission is charged with studying federal, state and local government policies and practices related to the prevention, detection, response and monitoring of sexual abuse in correction and detention facilities in the United States.
An End to Silence: http://www.wcl.american.edu/nic/YouthResources.cfm
Resources and articles available on working with youth in custody
Center for Sex Offender Management - a project of the U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.csom.org/
National Academy of Public Administration: http://www.napawash.org/bigideas/Prison_Rape_Elimination.htm NAPA in support of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
National Institute of Corrections http://nicic.gov/PREA - or - http://www.nicic.org/PREA
PREA resources
National Institute of Corrections (NIC): http://www.nicic.org/Library/022582 PREA for female offenders, women and girls
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) - Juvenile Justice http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?TopicID=122
“Prison Rape” at U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice site: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/corrections/prison-rape/welcome.htm
Staffing And Training (June, 2006) - Testimony to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission http://www.npjs.org/docs/Sexual_Exploitation_of_Juveniles.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division - Juvenile Correctional Facilities http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/juveniles.htm
Louisiana PREA-related Sites
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault: http://www.lafasa.org/index.cfm A membership organization of sexual assault crisis centers across the state of Louisiana
Louisiana Rape Crisis Centers: http://www.ibiblio.org/rcip/la.html
Louisiana: Sexual Assault Information, Resources and Support: http://www.aardvarc.org/rape/states/larp.shtml
General Resources on Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
National Council on Crime and Delinquency/ Children’s Research Center: http://www.nccd-crc.org/
National Youth Gang Center: http://www.iir.com/nygc/
National Youth Violence Prevention Resources: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
General Interest Sites:
Child Welfare League of America: http://www.cwla.org/
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Admin., U.S. Census Bureau, “Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2007 American Community Survey” (August 2008): http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/acs-09.pdf