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PRISONER RAPE EDUCATION TAPES: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION AND BECOMING A SURVIVOR

NCJ Number
144787
Author(s)
S Donaldson
Date Published
1993
Length
46 pages
Annotation
This package of two audio cassettes and a written overview for jail and prison administrators and staff focuses on the prevention and treatment of inmate rape.
Abstract
Tape I, "An Ounce of Prevention," is a 27-minute general tape on rape avoidance and survival while incarcerated. It is intended to be played for male inmates just entering the institution as part of their orientation program, although it can be adapted for other uses. Tape II, "Becoming a Survivor," is a 90-minute tape on rape education and counseling designed for men who are known or suspected to be survivors of sexual assault while incarcerated, or who express concerns over future victimization. Both tapes use multi-ethnic speakers and questioners, inmate slang and street talk, dramatic elements, and other devices to convey realism. The tapes should be accompanied by information from institutional staff regarding the institution's official policies and procedures. The overview manual is written for administrators, mental health professionals, chaplains, counselors, caseworkers, housing unit staff, medical staff, protective custody staff, staff trainees, supervisors, and line officers. The manual examines the various components of the new framework that has arisen in the past decade for understanding, controlling, and responding to rape and sexual aggression in confinement institutions. This includes discussions of AIDS, legal requirements, the prevalence of inmate rape, rape trauma syndrome, the consequences of a wide range of administrative policies for the level of sexual violence and the recovery of survivors, and an examination of the widespread prisoner tradition of "protective pairing."