Job Description

The PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) Coordinator provides leadership, oversight, and accountability for ensuring full compliance with the PREA Standards. This position oversees prevention, detection, response, and monitoring activities to protect youth from sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and retaliation. The PREA Coordinator works collaboratively with facility leadership, investigators, licensing partners, and external agencies to promote a culture of safety, dignity, and trauma-informed care.

Required Tasks

• Prevention & Policy Oversight
  • Maintains and updates all PREA-related policies and ensures alignment with federal PREA Juvenile Standards, state licensing requirements, and national best practices.
  • Conducts annual PREA risk assessments and recommends corrective actions to reduce blind spots, enhance supervision, and improve staffing patterns.
  • Ensures compliance with required staff-to-youth ratios and documents variances or corrective actions.
• Training & Education
  • Coordinates PREA training for all staff, contractors, and volunteers.
  • Ensures youth receive PREA education upon intake and supplemental age-appropriate reinforcement.
  • Develops training modules, scenarios, and trauma-informed learning materials tailored to the juvenile setting.
• Reporting, Response & Coordination
  • Serves as the central point of contact for all PREA allegations.
  • Ensures immediate reporting and coordination with internal leadership, law enforcement, CPS, medical and mental health, and external investigators.
  • Oversees the Sexual Abuse Incident Review Team (SAIRT) and ensures corrective action follow-up.
  • Monitors retaliation prevention plans for youth, staff, and third-party reporters.
• Auditing & Compliance Monitoring
  • Maintains PREA documentation, logs, investigations, and required staffing records.
  • Prepares the facility for third-party PREA audits, ensuring readiness, documentation, interviews, and corrective action planning.
  • Conducts internal compliance checks, evaluates camera coverage, and tracks trends and patterns.
• Youth Safety & Advocacy
  • Ensures youth have safe, confidential, and multiple reporting methods.
  • Collaborates with intake and operations to ensure housing, classification, and supervision minimize victimization risks.
  • Promotes trauma-informed, youth-centered practices throughout the facility.
• Interdepartmental & Agency Collaboration
  • Works closely with all departments—operations, training, intake, medical/mental health, and leadership—to strengthen PREA alignment.
  • Maintains relationships with rape crisis centers, advocates, and community-based organizations.
  • Participates in safety meetings, leadership briefings, and incident reviews.
• Data Management & Reporting
  • Collects, analyzes, and reports PREA data per federal requirements.
  • Produces annual PREA reports with trends, corrective strategies, and transparency compliance.
  • Maintains PREA dashboards and internal monitoring tools.

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Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, social work, public administration, human services, or related field (Master’s preferred).

Experience Requirements

• At least three years of direct experience in juvenile justice, corrections, or youth-serving systems.
• Previous PREA compliance or investigative experience strongly preferred.
• Must pass background checks and maintain applicable certifications.