I am a:

DOJ-certified PREA auditor conducting an auditAgency or facility representative seeking to initiate an audit in the Online Audit System

The Audit Initiation Form must be used to initiate all audits in the OAS. This form collects basic information about scheduled audits, including: the expected dates for the onsite portion of the audit; the facility to be audited and its parent agency; the address and location of the audited facility; rated capacity and population within 5 days of initiation; information about agency- and facility-users; etc.

The PRC reviews all facility and agency names and address details and may revise this information as necessary to ensure consistent records of audited agencies and facilities. Agency- and facility-users who need to update information for an audit that is scheduled or in-progress should reach out to OAS Technical Support.

Please note: Questions that show a red asterisk (*) are required.

Your contact information

Completing the Audit Initiation Form does not grant you access to the OAS. If you would like to receive access to the OAS, please be sure to add yourself as either a PREA Coordinator or Compliance Manager.

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Job title

Audit information

What type of audit do you want to initiate?

Facility - Standard PREA audit of individual facilitiesAgency - Audit of certain standards

Learn more about agency audits here.

Facility information

Audited facility name

Audited facility type

Audited facility street address

Audited facility city

Audited facility state

Audited facility ZIP code

Audited facility phone

What is the audited facility's rated capacity?

What is the average daily population in this facility?

What is the audited facility's population within 5 days of initiation?

Facility type

Agency audits are facility-type specific. If your agency runs more than one type of facility (e.g. prisons and juvenile facilities), you will be required to have a separate Agency Audit conducted for each facility type that it runs and will need to complete a separate form for each type.

Audited facility type

Agency information

If your facility self-operates, then use your facility information in the agency information fields below.

Name of the parent agency

The agency is the owner/operator of the audited facility

Parent agency jurisdiction type

If "other", describe

Parent agency street address

Parent agency city

Parent agency state

Parent agency ZIP code

Parent agency phone

Onsite audit dates

Scheduled start date of onsite audit

Please select dates using the calendar function to ensure proper date recording.

Scheduled end date of onsite audit

Please select dates using the calendar function to ensure proper date recording.

Months ahead

You have selected dates that are more than 6 months in advance of the onsite portion of the audit. Your initiation will be recorded but, please be aware, we will not begin the supervisor verification process for this audit nor create the audit in the Online Audit System (OAS) until 6 months before onsite.

Auditor information

Lead auditor

Please type and select your auditor's name from the dropdown field below. If you do not know who will conduct the audit, leave this field blank. To view a list of all auditors, click here.

Auditor name

Email address

Telephone number

Authorized agency or facility representatives

Please note: The same person cannot be listed as the PREA Coordinator and the PREA Compliance Manager as these are two distinct roles.

Supervisors will not receive access to the OAS unless a supervisor is one of the defined user access categories (e.g., the PREA Coordinator is the PREA Compliance Manager’s direct supervisor).

PREA coordinator

Primary PREA coordinator

This role has access to all audits in the OAS for their agency.

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Supervisor information for primary PREA coordinator

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Job title

Do you have any secondary PREA coordinators that will need access to the OAS?

Secondary PREA coordinator

This role has access only to audits in the OAS for their agency in which they were requested.

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Supervisor information for secondary PREA coordinator

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Job title

Do you have a PREA compliance manager that will need access to this audit in the OAS?

PREA compliance manager

Primary PREA compliance manager

This role has access to all audits in the OAS for their facility.

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Supervisor information for primary PREA compliance manager

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Job title

Do you have any additional PREA compliance managers that will need access to the audit in the OAS?

Additional PREA compliance manager

This role has access to all audits in the OAS for their facility.

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Supervisor information for additional PREA compliance manager

First name

Last name

Email address

Telephone number

Job title

Your auditor ID number

Please enter your unique auditor ID number then press Submit

After pressing submit you will be directed to the Audit Initiation Form and your auditor detail information will pre-populate; please ensure your auditor ID number is correct.