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Take Action to Protect Youth in Adult Facilities
PREA Weeks:
October 1 - 14, 2019
#ImplementPREA #EndPrisonRape #NoExcuses
What is PREA?
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is a federal statute focused on sexual assault and victimization in juvenile facilities, prisons, jail, lockups, and other detention facilities. The goal of PREA is to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in detention and correctional facilities. Importantly, PREA has a Youthful Inmate Standard to protect youth under 18 in adult facilities
How can you help?
We need you to encourage your Governor to certify your state’s compliance with PREA by October 15th. This is the deadline every year for states to report on their progress in complying with PREA. If your Governor can not certify, he or she should release a statement of what it will take for the state to certify compliance with PREA during the next audit cycle. .
Take Action: Contact your Governor Today! Use our sample tweets to encourage your governor to certify PREA compliance on October 15th.
Sample Tweets
@GovernorX The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed to end sexual abuse behind bars. Act now to #ImplementPREA
@GovernorX Youth are more likely to commit suicide in an adult jail than in a juvenile detention facility #ImplementPREA
@GovernorX 65% of Youth reported being victimized more than once in adult facilities #ImplementPREA
@Governor X Jails & prisons are not equipped on their own to protect youth from the dangers of adult facilities. #ImplementPREA
@GovernorX PREA incentivizes states to detect, prevent & respond to sexual abuse in jails and prisons #ImplementPREA
@GovernorX No More Excuses! To protect youth from dangers of adult facilities we must #ImplementPREA TODAY!
Governor Twitter Handles
AL – Kay Ivey @GovernorKayIvey
AK – Mike Dunleavy @GovDunleavy
AZ – Doug Ducey @dougducey
AR – Asa Hutchinson @AsaHutchinson
CA – Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom
CO – Jared Polis @jaredpolis
CT – Ned Lamont @GovNedLamont
DE – John Carney @carney
DC – Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser
FL – Ron DeSantis @Go0vRonDeSantis
GA – Brian Kemp @GovKemp
HI – David Ige @GovHawaii
ID – Brad Little @GovernorLittle
IL – JB Pritzker @GovPritzker
IN – Eric Holcomb @GovHolcomb
IA – Kim Reynolds @IAGovernor
KS – Laura Kelly @LauraKellyKS
KY – Matt Bevin @GovMatBevin
LA – John Bel Edwards @LouisianaGov
ME – Janet Mills @GovJanetMills
MD – Larry Hogan @LarryHogan
MA – Charlie Baker @MassGovernor
MI – Gretchen Whitmer @gretchenwhitmer
MN – Tim Walz @GovTimWalz
MS – Phil Bryant @PhilBryansMS
MO – Mike Parson @mikeparson
MT – Steve Bullock @GovernorBullock
NE – Pete Ricketts @GovRicketts
NV – Steve Sisolak @GovSisolak
NH – Chris Sununu @GovChrisSununu
NJ – Phil Murphy @PhilMurphyNJ
NM – Michelle Lujan Grisham @Michelle4NM
NY – Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo
NC – Roy Cooper @NC_Governor
ND– Doug Burgum @DougBurgum
OH – Mike DeWine @MikeDeWine
OK – Kevin Stitt @GovStitt
OR – Kate Brown @OregonGovBrown
PA – Tom Wolf @GovernorTomWolf
RI – Gina Raimondo @GinaRaimondo
SC – Henry McMaster @henrymcmaster
SD – Kristi Noem @govkristinoem
TN – Bill Lee @GovBillLee
TX – Greg Abbott @GovAbbott
UT – Gary Herbert @GovHerbert
VT – Phil Scott @GovPhilScott
VA – Ralph Northam @RalphNortham
WA – Jay Inslee @GovInslee
WV – Jim Justice @WVGovernor
WI – Tony Evers @GovEvers
WY – Mark Gordon @GovernorGordon
Virgin Islands – Albert Bryan @govbryan
Puerto Rico – Wanda Vázquez @wandavazquezg
Northern Mariana Islands – Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres @LtCnmi
Guam – Lou Leon Guerrero @magahagaguam