21st National Symposium on Juvenile Services
Registration is now open for the 21st National Symposium on Juvenile Services being held at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA from September 27 - October 1, 2015. To see the agenda, pre-conference workshop offerings, or to register, click here.
For more general information about the Symposium, click here.
FREE PREA Training
To Juvenile Justice Service providers interested in learning more about PREA compliance:
The Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services in collaboration with PCCD, JDCAP and PCCYFS will be conducting regional training sessions for providers who need more information on the PREA compliance process.
This is a FREE training session but we will need you to register each individual attending in order to assure we have appropriate accommodations for all.
Participants will be provided additional resource materials (posters, handouts, flash drives, etc...).
The training sessions will be held at the following locations/dates:
August 5 - Pittsburgh PATTAN, 3190 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, 15238 (a gate code will be provided prior to the training date) - Registration Deadline is July 30
August 19 - SE Area Staff Development Training Center, 23 Boro Line Rd., King of Prussia, 19406 - Registration Deadline is August 13
Register HERE!
For additional information on any of the above trainings contact:
Michael W. Both
BJJS PREA Coordinator, PbS State Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services
[email protected] or (717) 230-3384
The PREA Cross-Gender Supervision and Viewing Standard:
Staff Announcement Policies and Camera Viewing
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 22, 2014, 2:00-3:30pm EST
Presenter: Prof. Brenda V. Smith, Director, The Project on Addressing Prison Rape
Content of the Webinar:
This webinar focuses on promising practices for agencies in meeting National PREA Standards in regard to cross-gender supervision and viewing. During the webinar, Prof. Smith will: (1) review the cross-gender searches and viewing standard (��115.15/.115/.215/.315); (2) discuss the particulars of cross-gender supervision in custodial settings-specific requirements for opposite gender staff members to announce their presence and view cameras in correctional facilities; (3) outline models for meeting the standard; (4) discuss operational strategies for meeting the announcement and viewing portions of this standard; and (5) discuss legal issues related to the requirement to announce and viewing of cameras specifically included in the PREA standards.
Who Should Attend:
This webinar is open to all correctional professionals from adult prisons and jails, lockups, juvenile justice agencies and community corrections facilities, as well as civil litigation attorneys, prosecutors and community advocates.
Howto Register:
To register for this event go to: Register here!
We will be taking pre-submitted questions for this webinar. You can submit questions to [email protected] until 5pm EST on Friday, September 18, 2015. Preference will be given to these questions. We will take real time questions as time permits during the session. We look forward to your participation!
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