Title: Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) | NMCSAP
Headings: Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
What is PREA?
What is Victim Advocacy?
Find an advocate at a rape crisis center in your area here
Your Rights as a Victim of Sexual Abuse
What can an Advocate Help You With?
An advocate can:
What Can an Advocate Not Help You With?
Examples of what an advocate CANNOT help you with include:
Keep in Mind
Examples of what an advocate might help you with:
What If You’re No Longer Incarcerated?
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Content: Inform you of your rights as a victim. Inform you of other resources and services that are available to you. What Can an Advocate Not Help You With? Examples of what an advocate CANNOT help you with include: Provide legal advice
Make decisions for you
Tell you whether to report the sexual abuse or not
Investigate a crime
Demand the facility change their rules or your housing assignment
Contact your family or friends for you
Provide therapy or mental health treatment services
Keep in Mind
Advocates are here to help you. Their role is not to file a report for you, but they can give you information and can support you if you decide to file a report. Advocates may require you to sign a consent form for follow-up services. Facility staff may monitor, record, or overhear your conversations with advocate. You may check with the facility’s staff to find the most private way to speak with an advocate. The facility should give you information about how they monitor communication with advocates.