Just Detention International is presenting a full-day workshop on delivering victim services for incarcerated survivors. The workshop will offer guidance on creating effective and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)-compliant victim services programs for incarcerated survivors. The all-day event is on Tuesday, August 28, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Anaheim Marriott and is a pre-conference event of the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC 2018).
JDI is also sponsoring a track of workshops at NSAC. Click here for a list of JDI workshops.
The workshop will provide space for advocates, corrections officials, and VOCA funding administrators to learn about one another’s roles in responding to sexual abuse in detention. Attendees will hear directly from corrections officials, state coalition representatives, and victim advocates who have collaborated successfully to deliver services to incarcerated survivors. The session will feature dynamic group exercises, and there will be ample opportunity to discuss common challenges, gain familiarity with helpful resources, and pose questions to the speakers and other participants.
This workshop, which is made possible through funding from the Office on Victims of Crime, is free to attend (travel and lodging costs are not covered,) and NSAC registration is not required for this pre-conference training. Anyone is welcome to register for the event, though it is designed for rape crisis and other advocates; state sexual assault and domestic violence coalition representatives; corrections officials; and VOCA administrators, particularly those based in the western states.
JDI is a nonprofit organization that seeks to bring an end to sexual abuse in all forms of detention. One of our core goals is to ensure that incarcerated survivors get the help that they need and deserve.
How Did They Do That?! is part of a series of regional workshops on helping incarcerated survivors that JDI is holding in cities around the country.