DET-07A detaining, sexual abuse and sexual harassment, investigations review, and data collection Flashcards
The department is the primary investigative agency for alleged sexual crimes committed on adults and juveniles, held in confinement setting by either the department of corrections, the department of youth services, and the department of state police
The department shall ensure full compliance with standards, found within federalized and mandates regarding the prison rape elimination act of 2003.
In addition to the three agencies, the state police is the primary investigative agency for conducting sexual crimes committed in confinement. What is another responsibility for other facilities?
Investigate allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, alleged by victims while detained at another facility.
Investigators when conducting an investigation into allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment, shall notify who?
Notify their division commander through channels at the possible outcome when the evidence appears to support criminal prosecution
If there is probable cause to believe that a detainee had sex with another detainee or any department employee and a holding cell what should be done?
The department will make a criminal referral to the district attorneys office of jurisdiction or the attorney general office.
If an outside agency is investigating allegations of sexual contact, the department will do this
Cooperate with the investigators and remain informed about the progress of the investigation.
What does the department do with sexual harassment status reports?
Retain all written reports pertaining to the administrative or criminal investigation of alleged sexual abuse, or sexual harassment and accordance with a commonwealth retention schedule, or for as long as the alleged abuser is incarcerated or employed by the agency +5 years whichever is longer.
What happens at the conclusion of a investigation into allegations of sexual abuse/harassment of a detainee in department custody?
The incident review team, which shall include the station commander, PREA, coordinator and other pertinent individuals shall conduct a sexual abuse incident review at the conclusion of every investigation.
How many days should the incident review team’s review occur after the conclusion of an investigation?
30 days of the conclusion of the investigation.
At the conclusion of the incident review teams review what does the PREA coordinator do?
Submit any findings and any recommendations for improvement to the colonel
The department shall implement any recommendations for improvement or document its reasons for not doing so .
How often does the PREA coordinator collect accurate, uniform data for every allegation of sexual abuse harassment from each barracks?
Annually
PREA incident based data collection includes the data necessary to answer all questions from the most recent version of what?
The local jail jurisdiction survey of sexual violence developed by the department of justice.
How long is all PREA data collected retained for?
At least 10 years after the date of initial collection, unless federal/state/local law requires otherwise.
