FY 2021 pennsylvania department of corrections (DOC) prea compliance strategy

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) received a $166,592 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA 16.738) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the DOC's PREA Compliance Strategy to meet the goals of the JAG Program by providing additional resources for criminal justice activities. Specifically, the award will help the DOC enhance its efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in Pennsylvania correctional facilities, as mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The DOC will work with its sub-awardee, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, to deliver PREA compliance services across the state correctional system using the JAG Program funding.