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PROGRAMS | CORRECTIONS INITIATIVE

Human Trafficking Doesn't Stop at the Prison Gate

The Corrections Programs Initiative equips correctional professionals to recognize trafficking activity, identify victims, and disrupt criminal networks, by strengthening the operations agencies already run.

Why Corrections Matters

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Recognize Trafficking Activity

Grooming, recruitment, and coercive control show up as patterns over time, not single events. CPI teaches staff to connect them.

Identify victims

Victimization can go unrecognized in charges, detention status, or institutional history. Trained staff see it at intake, in housing, and at release.

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Disrupt Criminal Networks

Networks operate inside and outside facility walls. Corrections intelligence, shared with law enforcement, helps break them.

Explore CPI Services

PREA & Correctional Operations

Trafficking indicators within PREA practice

  • PREA and trafficking overlap but are not the same. CPI adds a trafficking lens to the PREA work agencies already do.

  • Trafficking indicators within existing PREA practice

  • Recognizing grooming, coercive control, and exploitation

  • Victim identification and follow-up procedures

  • Classification, housing, and separation considerations

  • Victim protection and retaliation monitoring

  • Multidisciplinary coordination and policy enhancement

Our Methology

Resource Topics

  • Indicators

  • Grooming & recruitment

  • Intake & screening

  • PREA enhancement

  • Reporting & documentation

  • Victim protection & reentry

  • Implementation checklists

  • More coming

Who We Work Alongside

  • Law enforcement and human trafficking task forces

  • Victim services and reentry organizations

  • Correctional training academies and associations

  • Collaborative training, research, and operational projects

Who We Work With

  • State departments of corrections

  • County jails and sheriff's offices

  • Federal and private correctional facilities

  • Juvenile justice agencies

  • Probation and parole

Request Types

  • Training requests

  • Operational assessments

  • Policy and procedure consultation

  • Technical assistance

  • Agency partnerships and collaborative projects

FAQ

1. Who Participates

GUARD tailors the audience to the program: frontline staff, supervisors, specialists, partner agencies, and leadership as appropriate.

2. Can the Training be Customized?

Yes. The request conversation identifies your setting, existing procedures, and goals so the session fits your operations.

3. Is there a Cost?

Scope, format, travel, and any costs are discussed and confirmed with your team before the engagement.

4. How is Sensitive Information Handled?

Agree on confidentiality, information-sharing, and referral boundaries before sharing case-specific or identifying details. Do not submit sensitive case information through the website form.

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Request Assistance

Request assistance from CPI - Training, assessments, policy consultation, technical assistance, and partnerships.

In an emergency, call 911. National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888 or text BEFREE. Report child exploitation to the NCMEC CyberTipline.

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