REMARKS
Overview of DOC's PREA training program and compliance rates
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Dr. Jeremiah Johnson, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Training and Development at DOC, provides a comprehensive overview of the department's PREA training program. He outlines the program's history, content, and recent compliance rates.
- PREA training was implemented in 2016 and revised in 2023
- The initial training is a half-day session covering various aspects of sexual assault prevention and reporting
- DOC achieved a 96% compliance rate for sexual harassment prevention training in the last compliance period
- The department aims for 100% compliance in the next period, ending in August 2025
Jeremiah Johnson
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Good morning.
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My name is Jeremiah Johnson.
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I serve as the act thing, deputy commissioner of training and development at DOC.
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I'm over the Correction Academy, and within our portfolio is the Priya training for all volunteers, contractors, and staff.
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Whether full time or part time, both the initial and the refresher training.
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So in we implemented the pre training in 2016.
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It was revised as recently as 2023.
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And this initial training is a is a half day.
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It familiarizes learners with the prelegislation and the department directive.
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It dispels common myths about sexual assault and harassment defines key terminology and establishes respectful language.
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It teaches how to identify vulnerable individuals in our jails, provide strategies, for preventing sexual abuse and harassment, emphasizes 0 tolerance, and the duty to report, and also lays out reporting procedures and protections for retaliation.
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I believe it's also noteworthy to mention that all of our staff in response to the 2018 local law 92 participate in these decast sexual harassment prevention training for the last compliance training period.
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The Department of Correction achieved a 96% compliance rate for that training.
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And commissioner, McGinley, Lydia, and I are are committed to achieving a 100% for the next compliance period, which concludes in August of 2025.
