The overarching theme of PREA is that covered agencies must adopt a written policy of zero tolerance toward all forms of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. These are the standards with which state prisons must comply to avoid the state losing five percent of certain federal grant funds, and with which local jails may have to comply for one of the reasons outlined in my prior post. Today’s post looks at the substantive standards themselves. My last post discussed the applicability of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to North Carolina’s jails.
