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SEXUAL ABUSE IN JUVENILE
CORRECTIONS:
TRADING ONE HELL FOR
ANOTHER
MELISSA S. BLEININGER
JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
WITH PROFESSOR DAVID GRAFF
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT TUSCARAWAS
FALL 2015
PREA:
PRISON RAPE AND ELIMINATION ACT OF
2003
• PURPOSE: DETECT, PUNISH, REDUCE, ELIMINATE, AND PREVENT RAPE
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
• FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL PRISONS AND JAILS, INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES,
AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.
• GUIDELINES: ANY SEXUAL ACTS OR BEHAVIORS PERPETRATED BY
STAFF, VOLUNTEER, OR AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE TOWARD
OFFENDER.
• CONSENSUAL OR NONCONSENSUAL.
• ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
“CODE OF SILENCE”:
NOT JUST FOR OFFENDER
(ASBRIDGE, 2007)
• WHAT IS THE “CODE OF SILENCE?”:
• OFFENDER: UNWRITTEN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER
• NOT TO REPORT “VIOLATIONS OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY”, BY
OTHER INMATES.
• CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEES: UNSPOKEN RULE BETWEEN MANY
EMPLOYEES
• MAINTAINS LOYALTY BETWEEN STAFF (USUALLY EXCLUDES
ADMINISTRATORS).
• CAN LEAD TO LACK OF REPORTING “UNETHICAL AND/OR
ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR, BY FELLOW EMPLOYEES.
• PROBLEMS: ENDANGERS SAFETY AND SECURITY, REPUTATION AND
LEGITIMACY OF PROFESSION, INCREASES VIOLENCE.
JUVENILE VICTIMIZATION:
BY THE NUMBERS
(U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: NATIONAL SURVEY OF YOUTH IN
CUSTODY, 2012)
• VICTIMIZATION PREVALENCE:
• REPORTED INCIDENT WAS 7.7% (1,390)
• MALE JUVENILES/FEMALE STAFF 89.1%
• MALE JUVENILES/MALE AND FEMALE STAFF 3.0%
• SAMPLE: 91% MALE AND 44% FEMALE
• MULTIPLE INCIDENTS 85.9%; ELEVEN OR MORE 20.4%
• INITIATED BY STAFF 36.4%; BY JUVENILE 17.4%; ALTERNATING 46.3%
• GIVEN DRUGS/ALCOHOL 21.5%
• REPORTED SEXUAL CONTACT (NONCONSENSUAL): 3.5%; CONSENSUAL:
4.7%
• DECLINE: FIRST SURVEY 2008-2009 WAS 12.6%; 2012 WAS 9.9%
• NONCONSENSUAL IN 2008-2009 WAS 4.5%; 2012 WAS 3.6%
• CONSENSUAL IN 2008-2009 WAS 6.7%; 2012 WAS 5.1%
• BY SEX: MALES 8.2%; FEMALES 2.8%
• BY RACE: BLACK 9.6%; WHITE 6.4%; HISPANIC 6.4%
A CLOSER LOOK…
• WOODLAND HILLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN TENNESSEE:
• INCIDENTS REPORTED: 9 OUT OF 10 MALE JUVENILE BY FEMALE STAFF
MEMBER
• HISTORY OF SEXUALLY ABUSIVE STAFF
• 2010 TENNESSEAN (NEWSPAPER) INVESTIGATION:
• 17 YEAR OLD CONTRACTED CHLAMYDIA FROM MEMBER OF KITCHEN STAFF
• SAME STAFF MEMBER COHABITATED WITH DIFFERENT JUVENILE UPON HIS RELEASE
• FEMALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MARRIED ONE OF HER FORMER JUVENILE CHARGES
• LOUISIANA 1996 INVESTIGATION OF (STATE FACILITIES) JENSEN,
SWANSON, BRIDGE CITY, AND (PRIVATELY-OWNED) TALLULAH:
• ALL FOUR FOUND DANGEROUS, UP TO AND INCLUDING LIFE-
THREATENING
• SEXUAL ABUSE WAS TAKING PLACE BUT NOT MAIN FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION,
ONLY MENTIONED
**IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE!!!**
Sherrie Brown-Braswell
Juvenile Correctional Officer
Raleigh, N.C. Arizona Youth Corrections Officer
QUESTIONS???
• WHAT DOES “PREA” STAND FOR?
• A) PROFESSIONAL REALTORS EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY
• B) PENSION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION
• C) PRISON RETIREMENT AND EDUCATION
ACCOUNT
• D) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT
Questions???
What does “PREA” stand for?
A) Professional Realtors Employment Agency
B) Pension Real Estate Association
C) Prison Retirement and Education Account
D) Prison Rape Elimination Act
QUESTIONS???
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF YOUTH IN
CUSTODY 2012, THERE WERE JUVENILES SEXUALLY ABUSED
BY STAFF ELEVEN OR MORE TIMES. WHAT WAS THAT
PERCENTAGE?
A) 13.1%
B) 20.4%
C) 62.7%
D) 85.9%
QUESTIONS???
According to the national survey of youth in custody 2012,
there were juveniles sexually victimized by staff more eleven
or more times. what was that percentage?
A) 13.1%
B) 20.4%
C) 62.7%
D) 85.9%
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abner, Carrie E., Jane Browning, and John Clark. 2009. “PREA.” in Preventing And
Responding to Corrections-Based Sexual Abuse: A Guide For Community
Professionals. American Probation and Parole Association. Retrieved
October, 2015. (https://www.appanet.org/eweb/docs/APPA/pubs/
PRCBSA.pdf).
Asbridge, Caleb S. 2007. “Sexual Assault In Juvenile Corrections: A Preventable
Tragedy.” in Corrections Today. Retrieved November, 2015.
(http://www.azdjc.gov/FactsNews/PREA/Sexual%20Assault%20Article.pdf).
Beck, Allen J., David Cantor, John Hartge, and Tim Smith. 2012. “Sexual Victimization in
Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012. in Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Retrieved October, 2015. (http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/svjfry12.pdf).
Katz Pinzler, Isabelle. 1996. “Findings of Investigation of Secure Correctional Facilities
for Juveniles in Louisiana.” in The United States Department of Justice.
Retrieved October, 2015. (http://www.justice.gov/crt/louisiana-juveniles-
findings-letter-1).
Vorhees, Josh. 2014. “The Dark Secret of Juvenile Detention Centers.” in Slate.
Retrieved October, 2015.
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/09/woodland_hill
s_youth_development_center_the_dark_secret_of_juvenile_detention.html).
THANK YOU!!!

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Justice Admin PowerPoint

  • 1. SEXUAL ABUSE IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONS: TRADING ONE HELL FOR ANOTHER MELISSA S. BLEININGER JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION WITH PROFESSOR DAVID GRAFF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT TUSCARAWAS FALL 2015
  • 2. PREA: PRISON RAPE AND ELIMINATION ACT OF 2003 • PURPOSE: DETECT, PUNISH, REDUCE, ELIMINATE, AND PREVENT RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. • FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL PRISONS AND JAILS, INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES, AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. • GUIDELINES: ANY SEXUAL ACTS OR BEHAVIORS PERPETRATED BY STAFF, VOLUNTEER, OR AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE TOWARD OFFENDER. • CONSENSUAL OR NONCONSENSUAL. • ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
  • 3. “CODE OF SILENCE”: NOT JUST FOR OFFENDER (ASBRIDGE, 2007) • WHAT IS THE “CODE OF SILENCE?”: • OFFENDER: UNWRITTEN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER • NOT TO REPORT “VIOLATIONS OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY”, BY OTHER INMATES. • CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEES: UNSPOKEN RULE BETWEEN MANY EMPLOYEES • MAINTAINS LOYALTY BETWEEN STAFF (USUALLY EXCLUDES ADMINISTRATORS). • CAN LEAD TO LACK OF REPORTING “UNETHICAL AND/OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR, BY FELLOW EMPLOYEES. • PROBLEMS: ENDANGERS SAFETY AND SECURITY, REPUTATION AND LEGITIMACY OF PROFESSION, INCREASES VIOLENCE.
  • 4. JUVENILE VICTIMIZATION: BY THE NUMBERS (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: NATIONAL SURVEY OF YOUTH IN CUSTODY, 2012) • VICTIMIZATION PREVALENCE: • REPORTED INCIDENT WAS 7.7% (1,390) • MALE JUVENILES/FEMALE STAFF 89.1% • MALE JUVENILES/MALE AND FEMALE STAFF 3.0% • SAMPLE: 91% MALE AND 44% FEMALE • MULTIPLE INCIDENTS 85.9%; ELEVEN OR MORE 20.4% • INITIATED BY STAFF 36.4%; BY JUVENILE 17.4%; ALTERNATING 46.3% • GIVEN DRUGS/ALCOHOL 21.5% • REPORTED SEXUAL CONTACT (NONCONSENSUAL): 3.5%; CONSENSUAL: 4.7% • DECLINE: FIRST SURVEY 2008-2009 WAS 12.6%; 2012 WAS 9.9% • NONCONSENSUAL IN 2008-2009 WAS 4.5%; 2012 WAS 3.6% • CONSENSUAL IN 2008-2009 WAS 6.7%; 2012 WAS 5.1% • BY SEX: MALES 8.2%; FEMALES 2.8% • BY RACE: BLACK 9.6%; WHITE 6.4%; HISPANIC 6.4%
  • 5. A CLOSER LOOK… • WOODLAND HILLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN TENNESSEE: • INCIDENTS REPORTED: 9 OUT OF 10 MALE JUVENILE BY FEMALE STAFF MEMBER • HISTORY OF SEXUALLY ABUSIVE STAFF • 2010 TENNESSEAN (NEWSPAPER) INVESTIGATION: • 17 YEAR OLD CONTRACTED CHLAMYDIA FROM MEMBER OF KITCHEN STAFF • SAME STAFF MEMBER COHABITATED WITH DIFFERENT JUVENILE UPON HIS RELEASE • FEMALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MARRIED ONE OF HER FORMER JUVENILE CHARGES • LOUISIANA 1996 INVESTIGATION OF (STATE FACILITIES) JENSEN, SWANSON, BRIDGE CITY, AND (PRIVATELY-OWNED) TALLULAH: • ALL FOUR FOUND DANGEROUS, UP TO AND INCLUDING LIFE- THREATENING • SEXUAL ABUSE WAS TAKING PLACE BUT NOT MAIN FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION, ONLY MENTIONED **IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE!!!**
  • 6. Sherrie Brown-Braswell Juvenile Correctional Officer Raleigh, N.C. Arizona Youth Corrections Officer
  • 7. QUESTIONS??? • WHAT DOES “PREA” STAND FOR? • A) PROFESSIONAL REALTORS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY • B) PENSION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION • C) PRISON RETIREMENT AND EDUCATION ACCOUNT • D) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT
  • 8. Questions??? What does “PREA” stand for? A) Professional Realtors Employment Agency B) Pension Real Estate Association C) Prison Retirement and Education Account D) Prison Rape Elimination Act
  • 9. QUESTIONS??? ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF YOUTH IN CUSTODY 2012, THERE WERE JUVENILES SEXUALLY ABUSED BY STAFF ELEVEN OR MORE TIMES. WHAT WAS THAT PERCENTAGE? A) 13.1% B) 20.4% C) 62.7% D) 85.9%
  • 10. QUESTIONS??? According to the national survey of youth in custody 2012, there were juveniles sexually victimized by staff more eleven or more times. what was that percentage? A) 13.1% B) 20.4% C) 62.7% D) 85.9%
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