Program Director Welcome Rose oversees Auditor Training and Certification for the National PREA Resource Center. She holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice with emphases in corrections and law enforcement and has over two decades of experience in adult correctional settings.
She began her career as a correctional officer in a male prison and later worked as a probation and parole agent in urban and rural communities. From 2007-2017, she reviewed climate issues raised by confined people in state prisons and investigated appeals on their grievances.
Welcome gained experience in raising accountability through rule development and staff training, and promoted sexual safety to foster safe correctional climates. She became a certified PREA auditor for adult facilities in 2015 and engaged in auditor learning opportunities, including the PRC’s FTP for certified auditors. She consulted with the PRC in the Peer Review Pilot and Technical Assistance programs before joining Impact Justice at the PRC in 2017.