Senior leadership training and facility assessments continued last autumn as part of juvenile justice’s Prison Rape Elimination program implementation. Based on the department’s early national lead in ...

Following an extensive study and training program, the Depke Juvenile Complex requested and passed an audit conducted late last year under the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act. The act was adopted ...

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

On Sept. 24 & 25, 2012, the Scott County Sheriff's Office, Jail Division, will be hosting training on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). This training is being presented by the American Jail ...

An 18-month contract between the Alabama Department of Corrections and The Moss Group includes a detailed plan to make improvements at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka. In February, ...

Sexual victimization has occurred in the Hall County Jail. Hall County Corrections Director Fred Ruiz told county supervisors this month about a recent sexual victimization study that was done as part ...

The El Paso County jail passed an audit of federal standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the county announced Tuesday, exceeding eight and meeting 33 of the 43 standards. The remaining two ...