Auditor search

Below is a list of all currently certified, previously certified, decertified, suspended, and restricted auditors. Auditor searches can be customized by location and certification status.

Each PREA audit must have one lead DOJ-certified PREA auditor who is responsible for the conduct of the audit and all work products. A lead auditor can employ other DOJ-certified PREA auditors to function as secondary auditors or support staff who are not DOJ-certified auditors. However, it is important to know that auditors who have been decertified or who are on suspension may not participate in PREA audits, nor as an agent of a PREA auditor. (See 34 U.S.C. §30307(e)(8)(B)(i).) An auditor with 'Restricted' status may need permission from the DOJ PREA Management Office to initiate new PREA audits or complete PREA audits in progress.

Agencies and facilities, as well as DOJ-certified PREA auditors seeking audit support staff, are strongly encouraged to check the list for the names of auditors who have been decertified and auditors who are suspended, to ensure that the selected auditor and support staff employed by the auditor are eligible.

Note that auditors who voluntarily surrendered their certification or were not recertified when their three-year certification expired are still eligible to participate in an audit as an agent of a DOJ-certified PREA auditor.

Auditors submitted the bio information located below. The PRC posted only those bios from certified auditors who consented, and made only minor spelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 

Questions about eligibility to conduct an audit or serve as support staff should be directed to the PRC by submitting a PREA Compliance and Audit Support Helpdesk form.

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Ron Baker
Certification Status
Decertified
Lansing, KS
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Date Decertified:
Reason for Decertification:
Failure to complete and submit the PREA Auditor Certification Agreement by the designated deadline
Christopher Baker
Certification Status
Inactive
Paterson, NJ
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Last Recertified On
Darin Balken
Certification Status
No longer certified
Willmar, MN
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Heather Baltz
Certification Status
Certified
Springfield, TN
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Certification Type
Adult facilities
Read more about Heather
Heather Baltz has an extensive and varied experience when it comes to sexual safety compliance and investigation over a 25-year professional career. Heather was a criminal investigator with the Metro Nashville Police Department for 15 years before moving into corrections and becoming a PREA Coordinator for a national company. She managed over 60 facilities nationwide and had over 120 PREA Compliance Managers and Investigators who depended on her as an SME for PREA guidance. She has been a certified PREA auditor since 2023 and has participated in the PREA audit process since 2016. Heather has experience working with jails, prisons, detention centers (DHS/ICE), and Community Confinement facilities of all sizes and stages of PREA implementation.
Heather is passionate about sexual safety and making correctional environments safer places to live and work. She is now an active auditor and loves to conduct training and TTA.
Lourdes Bandilla
Certification Status
No longer certified
Phoenix, AZ
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Last Recertified On
Date Formerly Certified:
Jeffrey Baney
Certification Status
Inactive
Midlothian, TX
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Tanya Banks
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No longer certified
Wilmington, DE
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Date Formerly Certified:
Debra Banks
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No longer certified
Drakesboro, KY
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Jason Bankston
Certification Status
Decertified
Childersburg, AL
Certification Date
Date Decertified:
Reason for Decertification:
Failure to comply with the PREA auditor reporting requirements
Brandy Baptiste
Certification Status
No longer certified
Austin, TX
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Last Recertified On
Date Formerly Certified:
Ron Baker
Certification Status
Decertified
Lansing, KS
Certification Date
Date Decertified:
Reason for Decertification:
Failure to complete and submit the PREA Auditor Certification Agreement by the designated deadline
Darin Balken
Certification Status
No longer certified
Willmar, MN
Certification Date
Date Formerly Certified:
Lourdes Bandilla
Certification Status
No longer certified
Phoenix, AZ
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Last Recertified On
Date Formerly Certified:
Tanya Banks
Certification Status
No longer certified
Wilmington, DE
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Date Formerly Certified:
Jason Bankston
Certification Status
Decertified
Childersburg, AL
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Date Decertified:
Reason for Decertification:
Failure to comply with the PREA auditor reporting requirements
Christopher Baker
Certification Status
Inactive
Paterson, NJ
Certification Date
Last Recertified On
Heather Baltz
Certification Status
Certified
Springfield, TN
Certification Date
Certification Type
Adult facilities
Read more about Heather
Heather Baltz has an extensive and varied experience when it comes to sexual safety compliance and investigation over a 25-year professional career. Heather was a criminal investigator with the Metro Nashville Police Department for 15 years before moving into corrections and becoming a PREA Coordinator for a national company. She managed over 60 facilities nationwide and had over 120 PREA Compliance Managers and Investigators who depended on her as an SME for PREA guidance. She has been a certified PREA auditor since 2023 and has participated in the PREA audit process since 2016. Heather has experience working with jails, prisons, detention centers (DHS/ICE), and Community Confinement facilities of all sizes and stages of PREA implementation.
Heather is passionate about sexual safety and making correctional environments safer places to live and work. She is now an active auditor and loves to conduct training and TTA.
Jeffrey Baney
Certification Status
Inactive
Midlothian, TX
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Debra Banks
Certification Status
No longer certified
Drakesboro, KY
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Brandy Baptiste
Certification Status
No longer certified
Austin, TX
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Last Recertified On
Date Formerly Certified: