Sexual Misconduct: Corrections Officers

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Review must:

* Identify common characteristics of victim and perpetrator.

Analysis must:

National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRSP)

Developed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

• Designed to collect multiple measures on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault.

4 Data Collections :

• Survey of Sexual (SSV)
• National Inmate Survey (NIS)
• National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC)
• National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS)

* By using more than one method and measure , the data collections can together provide a deeper understanding of sexual victimization in correctional facilities.

*Based on a random sample or at least "scientifically appropriate;" and include at least one prison from each state.

*Use surveys of current and former inmates.

*Provide a list of institutions categorized and ranked based on prison rape incidence in their facilities and a list of uncooperative prisons from the sample.

*Passed in 2003.

PURPOSE:

Provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of annual prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions.

Provide information, resources, recommendations and funding to protect individuals from prison rape.

Sexual Misconduct Affects on a Facility and its Mission

• Impacts the public perception of the corrections and its support for correctional activities.

• Potential for litigation

• Can be detrimental to security in a facility.

Wide range of inappropriate behaviors, associated more with the exercise of "power" than to the sex act.

Consent sets the standard for several corrections agencies that staff sexual misconduct compromises facility security.

In addition, since inmates are incapable of consenting, it establishes an environment that "should" prevent misconduct; resulting in effective investigations.

"What is Staff-On-Inmate Sexual Harrasment?!"

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

• The BOP operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities.

• Approx. 38,000 employees

• Operates 116 institutions

• 217,000 federal prisoners

Are You Familiar With the PREA 2003?

Investigations

The OIG Review on the BOP Hiring Process

• The OIG conducted this review in response to the increase in correctional officer misconduct and arrests.

Refrences

Example:

"Black Guriella Family"

Man gets correction officers pregnant!!!

References

OIG Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.justice.gov/oig/semiannual/1111/bop.htm

Power Relationships & Sexual Misconduct in Corrections. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.corrections.com/news/article/31942-power-relationships-sexual-misconduct-in-corrections

Report Shows Rise in Reports of Sexual Misconduct by Federal Prison Workers. (2009, September 11). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004135.html

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=20

References

OIG Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.justice.gov/oig/semiannual/1111/bop.htm

Power Relationships & Sexual Misconduct in Corrections. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.corrections.com/news/article/31942-power-relationships-sexual-misconduct-in-corrections

Report Shows Rise in Reports of Sexual Misconduct by Federal Prison Workers. (2009, September 11). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004135.html

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2014, from http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=20

Role Of Management

• Correction Officer:

*Federal Correctional Institutions consist of about 14,000 officers

• Maintain the security and inmate accountability in order to prevent disturbances, assaults, and escapes.
• Monitor and report orally and in writing on inmate conduct and usually maintain a daily log of their activities.
• Expected to respond to inmate needs by directing them to a appropriate educational, health, and release planning resources within the institutions.

Sexual Misconduct: Corrections Officers