Emily Martins

• Supporting the PREA Assistant Commissioner to ensure facility compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards
  • Assessing and monitoring facility staffing levels and required video monitoring
  • Ensuring the facility uses intake risk screening information for proper housing assignment in order to maintain a sexually safe environment
  • Ensuring sexual assaults and harassment incidents remain confidential and available on a need-to-know basis
  • Ensuring victims of sexual assaults and harassment receives treatment and counseling; and investigation obligations are met
  • Ensuring all area supervisors and first responders understand their on-scene obligations for a reported incident
  • Ensuring access to inmate risk assessment information is limited to only essential facility personnel in order to protect sensitive information from misuse
  • Ensuring that there are multiple functioning methods to report incidents of sexual abuse and harassment within the assigned facility and these methods are posted and widely publicized
  • Ensuring a Sexual Abuse Incident Review meeting is held within 30 days of the conclusion of all substantiated and unsubstantiated PREA allegations
  • Establishing and maintaining a positive working relationship with DOC Investigation Unit (ID) as well as the NYC Department of Investigations (DOI) to ensure ongoing and effective communications regarding sexual assault prevention, reporting response, investigation, and retaliation monitoring
  • Ensuring relevant and appropriate information is made available for victim advocates to provide victims with emotional support, crisis intervention, information, and referrals
  • Working in collaboration with facility personnel to prepare for PREA pre and full compliance audits
  • Preparing and presenting pre-audit reports and working collaboratively with facility personnel on the development of corrective action plans
  • Reviewed documents, files, transcripts, and other records to assess compliance and potential risk.

• Pool resources and organize 20 evidence-based suitable and important workshops aimed at confining individuals in city jails located on Rikers Island
• Perform detailed assessments to complete service plans, simplifying and supporting the transition to state facilities as well as programs
• Supervise all program functions in line with DOC-approved standards and guidelines, ensuring a 100% compliance
• Manage multiple operations, such as preparing attendance rosters, entering data, maintaining files, and completing service plans, achieving defined objectives with a 100% success rate
• Serve as case manager during the onset of the pandemic, delivering outstanding services and receiving recognition from management
• Promote an environment of engagement, learning, and professionalism, increasing participation by 75%
• Collected data on program efficacy through data analysis and implemented solutions for improvement.