PREA Definitions

Sexual Violence (committed by offenders) will encompass:

• Abusive Sexual Contact: Contact of any person without his or her consent, or by coercion, or contact of a person who is unable to consent or refuse AND intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person;

• Nonconsensual Sex Acts: Contact of any person without his or her consent, or by coercion, or contact of a person who is unable to consent or refuse AND contact between the penis and vagina or the penis and the anus including penetration, however slight; or contact between the mouth and the penis, vagina, or anus or penetration of the anal or genital opening of another person by the hand, finger, or other object.

Sexual Harassment by an offender (towards an offender)

Repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal comments, gestures, or actions of a derogatory or offensive sexual nature by an offender toward another offender.

Staff Sexual Harassment (towards an offender)

Repeated verbal comments or gestures of a sexual nature to an offender by a staff member, contractor, or volunteer, including demeaning references to gender, sexually suggestive or derogatory comments about body or clothing, or obscene language or gestures.

Staff Sexual Misconduct

Any threatened, coerced, attempted, or completed sexual contact, assault or battery between staff and offenders. Any sexual misconduct by staff directed toward an offender, as defined in California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 15, Division 3, Section 3401.5 and Penal Code (PC) Section 289.6. The legal concept of “consent” does not exist between staff and offenders; any sexual behavior between them constitutes sexual misconduct and shall subject the staff member to disciplinary action and/or to prosecution under the law.