Empowering Advocates and Incarcerated Survivors to Navigate PREA Through the Legal System

Audience: KCSDV Member Program Advocates & Staff

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Incarceration facilities can be daunting for survivors and advocates. Understanding incarcerated survivors’ rights will help give you the confidence to navigate the PREA system. Following this presentation, participants will be better able to:

• Explain the basics of PREA and how advocates can use PREA standards to help serve incarcerated survivors.
• Discuss advocate confidentiality when working with incarcerated survivors.
• Discuss legal rights for incarcerated survivors.

Presenters:

Carol Schrader, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Victim Rights Law Center

Lindsie Ford
Staff Attorney
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV)

Megan Shepard
PREA Coordinator
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV)

Date & Time:
July 9, 2020
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Registration Deadline:
July 8, 2020

Register here.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Questions:
Megan Shepard
mshepard@kcsdv.org or 785-232-9784

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This grant is supported by subgrant number 20-JAG-24 awarded by the Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs as administered by the Kansas Governor’s Grants Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication, program, or exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council or the U.S. Department of Justice.

Total Training Hours: 1.5