CALIFORNIA ADVANCING THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT PROGRAM

Component: 40.20.161

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The purpose of the California Advancing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (AP) Program is to help bring the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) into compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards by establishing victim services for incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse. In year one of this Program, funding made available through the Violence Against Women Act STOP Program, allowed Just Detention International (JDI) to work with the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) and CDCR to secure formal partnerships between all CDCR facilities and their local rape crisis centers. JDI will continue to build upon these partnerships as well as work with CALCASA to extend the Program to youth fire camps and youth detention facilities. The Program partners will provide training and resources to prison officials and rape crisis counselors, establishing basic emergency services for inmates who report sexual abuse. JDI will also establish pilot, facility-based, multi-disciplinary teams in two CDCR prisons who will take the lead in responding to, investigating, and monitoring reports of sexual abuse. The Grant Subaward performance period is May 1, 2016, through April 30, 2017.

FUNDS AWARDED

Fiscal Year / Types of Funding / Total Funding
FY 2015-16 / Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) FFY15 / $ 628,329
FY 2016-17 / VAWA FFY16 / $ 703,000
FY 2017-18 / Unknown

2015-16 PERFORMANCE STATISTICS

76 / Meetings with CALCASA.
21 / Rape crisis centers that received fund allocations.
1 / Project evaluator secured Sandifor Consulting to assess the design of the project from the outset. Maya Thornell-Sandi serves as project evaluator.
33 / Rape crisis centers have been contacted within the 34 CDCR facilities.
33 / CDCR facilities where JDI held two-day gatherings to bring together key staff from prisons and their local rape crisis centers, and staff from JDI and CALCASA.
33 / Prisons JDI followed up with along with its local rape crisis center.
28 / Prisons and local rape crisis centers contacted to secure a signed MOU.

2016-17 PERFORMANCE STATISTICS

Not Available

2017-18 PERFORMANCE STATISTICS

Not Applicable

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Program 40 - Criminal Justice Programs / AP Program