TPI is filing complaints about PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) auditor failures to provide proper audits. This is one of our abbreviated deficiency reports for facilities where we have little specific documentation about violence and PREA noncompliance.
Content warning: Some of these letters describe threats and incidents of violence that may be disturbing. We will note whether each letter is considered a low, moderate, or high risk for being disturbing. We consider this letter to be low risk.
The following file is the TPI complaint against the auditor. The audit report by the auditor, which we feel was inappropriately submitted as final documentation of “compliance” with the PREA standards, can be accessed here. Some noteworthy points include:
- The auditor found no corrective actions were necessary, even though presenting information indicating noncompliance.
- The auditor misrepresented the genders of persons housed at Lewis Unit.
- The auditor falsely states that 0 persons had ever been placed in segregated housing or isolation for risk of sexual victimization at Lewis Unit.
- PREA §§ 115.21: The auditor failed to address the apparent failure to offer survivors of sexual abuse access to SANE exams.
- PREA §§ 115.43 and 115.68: The auditor failed to understand and appropriately assess the use of protective custody for PREA compliance.