Talia Huff is a senior program manager with the National PREA Resource Center (PRC), overseeing the Field Training Program. Starting in 2014 and prior to coming aboard full-time with IJ in 2018, she served as a consultant for the PRC as a field training auditor, grant coach, grant reviewer, auditor certification faculty, and training and technical assistance provider. Talia got her start in PREA work as the first PREA coordinator for the Kansas Department of Corrections where she directed PREA efforts statewide in both adult prisons and juvenile facilities. Talia is a dual certified PREA auditor, ran a private PREA auditing business in which she conducted many PREA audits in the field in prison, jail, juvenile, and community confinement settings, as well as many PREA field training audits.
Talia’s background spans many facets in the corrections field; from direct care of confined persons to leadership in the juvenile, adult, and community corrections fields. She has worked directly with youth delivering cognitive-based sex offender programming, managed grant programs, and worked with community-based corrections on revocation reduction strategies. Talia holds a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies.